OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671677
BURN,CLOTHING,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BRICK,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,SCAFFOLD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BRICK
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT OF COMPLETING BRICKWORK ON THE GABLE E 8 FEET, 3.5 INCHES AWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEE. THE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, WHO DID NOT SEE THE CONTACT, HEARD THE ELECTRIC ARC AND SAW BLUE SMOKE. THEY AIDED THE INJU RED EMPLOYEE UNTIL EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS ARMS, CHEST, AND RIGHT UPPER LEG AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTRIC SHOCK, WAS H OSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. ND OF A BUILDING. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAFFOL D THAT WAS 5 FEET WIDE, 28 FEET LONG, AND 26 FEET HIGH. A FOOT BOARD HAD BEEN PL ACED AT A HEIGHT OF 22 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. A FULLY PLANKED SECTION H AD BEEN INSTALLED AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ELEVATION, 19 FEET, 6 INCHES FROM THE GROU ND. AN EMPLOYEE ON THIS PLATFORM WAS PREPARING THE MORTAR AND MATERIALS FOR ANOT HER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE FOOT BOARD. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE FOOT BOARD PICKED UP A SECTION OF DURA-WALL, WHICH WAS 12 INCHES WIDE AND 10 FEET LONG. AS HE TURNED IT AROUND, IT CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ONLY
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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