OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712620

P B BUTZIEN BUILDERS DESIGNERS & WOODWORKERS

OAKLAND, OR· 1986-10-21T17:30:00

Event: BURN, CLOTHING, METAL RAIL, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IC, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15065865
Employer profile: P B BUTZIEN BUILDERS DESIGNERS & WOODWORKERS
Summary number: 712620
Report ID: 1054116

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

#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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