OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692954
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UTILITY POLE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
A power line crew was replacing a 10.7-meter-tall utility pole with a 12.2-meter -tall pole. Three power line workers on the crew were working from aerial lifts, completing connections at the top of the pole. Another member of the crew was c onnecting the pole ground to the pole when a tie wire on a jumper contacted a co nductor grip. This momentarily energized the pole ground, and the employee who w as installing it received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injurie s.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 16
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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