OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690149
PROTECTIVE GROUNDING,ELECTRICAL,E PTD,INDUCED CURRENT,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - CONTACT WITH INDUCED VOLTAGE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT A HEIGHT OF 18 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ALIGNING SWITCHE S. HE CONTACTED A DEENERGIZED LINE THAT HAD INDUCED VOLTAGE ON IT. (THE LINE WAS INADEQUATELY GROUNDED.) THE EMPLOYEE FROZE TO THE LINE TEMPORARILY, THEN DROPPE D TOWARDS THE GROUND. DURING THE FALL, HIS LEG WEDGED IN A TRANSFORMER SUPPORT. THIS STOPPED HIS FALL SHORT OF THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN BIG TO E, A SPRAINED ANKLE, AND A SEPARATED PELVIS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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