OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722249
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
JOLIET, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING OVERHEAD POWER LINES IN A SUBSTATION. THE EMPLOYEE CO NTACTED ENERGIZED PARTS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTRIC SHOCK, HE ALSO FELL 10 FEET.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- DRUGS/ALCOHOL (13)
- Occupation
- Electrical power installers and repairers (577)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.