OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712620
BURN,CLOTHING,METAL RAIL,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IC,SCAFFOLD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - BRACE CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A BRICKMASON WAS ERECTING SCAFFOLDING TO REPAIR THE BRICKWORK ON A BUILDING. THE SCAFFOLD WAS BEING PLACED 13 INCHES FROM A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AS TH E EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CROSSBRACES AT THE 35-FOOT LEVEL, THE CROSSBRACE HE WA S CARRYING CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. HE THEN FELL BETWEEN THE SCAFFOLD AND THE B UILDING TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE BUILDING AND THE SCAFFOLD ON THE WAY DOWN. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS TO HIS HANDS AND LEGS AND FOR A BROKEN H IP.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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