OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732883
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E PTD,SUBSTATION,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
SOME ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES USING UNINSULATED HAND TOOLS WERE INSTALLING NEW REGULATORS IN A SUBSTATION. THE SUBSTATION WAS BEHIND THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT OF FICE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT, RECEIVED MULTIP LE SECOND DEGREE BURNS WHEN HE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE W AS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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