OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744961
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRIC SCREW GUN,ELECTRICAL,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCREW GUN
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A SLOPED ROOF AT ITS TOP CORNER. HE WAS INSTALLING A STEEL BRACE ON THE ROOF. A 7900-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 34 INCHES F ROM THE EMPLOYEE AND 27 FEET, 11 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED A ROUND THE CORNER OF THE ROOF TO HOLD THE BRACE IN PLACE WHILE HE USED A SCREW GU N TO INSTALL IT. HE REACHED BACK TO PULL MORE OF THE EXTENSION CORD SET TO THE S CREW GUN, AND THE GUN CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRI C SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS HANDS AND WAS KNOCKED OFF THE ROOF. HE FELL 25 FEET, 7 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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