OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709451
LAMPLIGHTER SIGN INC.
SANDY, UT·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURN - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM AN ELECTRIC SIGN SO THAT IT COULD BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND. THE SIGN WAS 60 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, BEING HELD BY A CRANE AS THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED. THE SIGN WAS UNBOLTED, AND THE CRANE RAISED IT SLIGHTLY SO THAT THE WIRING FOR THE SIGN COULD BE DISCONNECTED. THE SIGN BECAME UNHOOKED FROM THE CRANE AND FELL INTO A 44-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WH O WAS TOUCHING A METAL POLE, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 39
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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