OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733543
HYDRAULIC LIFT,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,CONSTRUCTION,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LIFT
Investigation abstract
An employee was using a chain attached to a hydraulic lift to remove guardrail p osts from the side of a highway. While the lift was moving between posts, it con tacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee holding the chain was e lectrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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