OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731034
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTROCUTED,STREETLIGHTING,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
AN ELECTRICAL WORKER FOR A LIGHTING SERVICING COMPANY WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE LECTRIC SHOCK, AND HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER IN A HOSPITAL. ON A STREETLIGHT THAT WAS LOCATED 35 FEET, 1 INCH ABOVE THE GROUND AND 8 FEET, 2 INCHES OUT FROM ITS SUPPORTING UTILITY POLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM AN UNGROUNDED AERIAL LIFT. HE RAISED THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET TOWARD THE LIGHT. WHEN HE DID THIS, HE BROUGHT THE BUCKET INTO CONTACT WITH AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS LOCATED 30 FEET, 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND 8 FEET, 6 INCHES F ROM THE POLE (IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE STREETLIGHT). THIS ENERGIZED THE BUCK ET, AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN HE TOUCHED THE GROUNDED MET AL LIGHT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES FROM THE E
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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