OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707117
BLUMENTHAL-KAHN ELECTRIC LTD. PARTNERSHIP
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
BURNS AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR HOT SPOTS IN OVERHEAD POWER LINES. T F HIS INJURIES. HE LINEMAN WAS ASSISTED BY A GROUNDMAN WHO HAD BEEN GOING UP IN AN AERIAL LIFT W ITH HIM. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THE LINEMAN WENT TO A SUBSTATION WHERE NO PROBLE M HAD BEEN INDICATED. HE CLIMBED OUT OF HIS SUSPENDED BUCKET ONTO THE TOP STEEL OF THE SUBSTATION AND PLACED HIMSELF CLOSE TO ENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT LINES. HE THEN TRIED TO USE A WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN A DEENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT CONNECTION W HICH WAS NEAR AN ENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT LINE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS FINGERS, WRISTS, ANKLES, AND FEET. HE THEN FELL 25-FEET TO THE GRO UND, CAUSING FRACTURES AND INTERNAL INJURIES. HE DIED THE NEXT DAY AS A RESULT O
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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