OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #687020

E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,UNTRAINED

1988-07-03T00:00:00

Event: E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,METAL LADDER,UNTRAINED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 687020
Report ID: 855610

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

An employee was supervising five firefighters trying to remove a cat from a util ity pole that supported a 7200-volt, three-phase overhead power line. The firefi ghting crew placed a metal ladder between the roadside phase conductor and the n eutral conductor. The supervisor climbed the ladder to remove the cat from the i nsulator for the far-side phase conductor. As he reached for the cat, it jumped; and the employee contacted the phase conductor with his left hand. The employee was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
413

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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