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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675025

HARD HAT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,E TC,ELECTROCUTED

Event
HARD HAT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TELECOM WORK,E TC,ELECTROCUTED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
675025
Report ID
454510

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS INSTALLING CABLE TELEVISION CABLE ON UTILITY POLES THAT 4 FEET FROM THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT FELL OFF WHILE HE WAS CLIMBI NG, AND HE LEFT IT OFF WHILE HE REINSTALLED THE JIG. AS HE STOOD UP AFTER REPLAC ING THE JIG, HIS HEAD CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A N ELECTRIC SHOCK, WHICH KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND, MORE THAN 10 FEET BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS HARD HAT, FALL PROTECTION EQUI PMENT, OR ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND HE HA D NOT BEEN TRAINED. WERE OWNED BY AN ELECTRIC UTILITY AND THAT SUPPORTED AN EXISTING 7200-VOLT OVERH EAD POWER LINE. THE SUSPENSION STRAND FOR THE CABLE HAD BEEN INSTALLED SEVERAL D AYS EARLIER, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN GROUNDED. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING A CABLE JIG TO PULL THE CABLE ALONG THE SUSPENSION STRAND. ONCE THE CABLE WAS LAID OUT ALONG THE UTILITY POLES, IT WAS LASHED TO THE SUSPENSION STRAND. AS THE EMPLOYEES WER E PULLING THE CABLE, THE JIG FELL FROM THE STRAND. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES THEN CLI MBED ONTO A NEARBY HOUSE TO REPLACE THE JIG. THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED BENEATH THE O VERHEAD POWER LINE AND THE SUSPENSION STRAND, AND THE TOP OF THE ROOF WAS ABOUT

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    13
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    533
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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