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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735316

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
735316
Report ID
454510

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

SOME EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING TUBULAR WELDED SCAFFOLDS FROM ONE LOCATION, WHICH WAS WET AND MUDDY, TO ANOTHER. THE DESTINATION FOR THE SCAFFOLDS, A SIGN IN FRONT O F THE WORKSITE, WAS BENEATH AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE 31-FOOT-HIGH SCAF FOLDS THEY WERE MOVING CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING TWO OF THE EMPLOY EES. FIVE OTHER EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND BURNS, FOR WHICH THEY WER E HOSPITALIZED.

Victims (7)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #2 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  4. #4 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  5. #5 Hospitalized Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  6. #6 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

  7. #7 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8870
    Task assigned
    1

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