OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758094
PREFERRED INCORPORATED
FORT WAYNE, IN·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH BUSBAR
Investigation abstract
TWO PAINTERS WERE PAINTING INSIDE AN ENERGIZED SUBSTATION. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOY EES (EMPLOYEE #1) WAS STANDING ON A SUPPORT BEAM FOR THE STEEL SUBSTATION STRUCT URE. ENERGIZED BUSBARS WERE LOCATED 56 INCHES ABOVE AND 18 INCHES BEHIND THE BEA M WHERE THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACT ED ONE OF THESE 4160-VOLT BUSBARS. AFTER THE ELECTRIC SHOCK, HE WAS LEFT HANGING UPSIDE DOWN BY HIS LEFT FOOT. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE THE FIRST EMPLOY EE BY CLIMBING A 10-FOOT METAL LADDER. WHEN THE SECOND EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE LADD ER, HE ALSO CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED BUSBAR, AND THE RESULTING ELECTRIC SHOCK CAUS ED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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