OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #781971
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,STEPLADDER,ELECTROCUTED,LADDER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,HAND TOOL
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING BOLTS FROM AN ELECTRIC POWER LINE STRUCTURE. THE 61- YEAR-OLD GROUND MAN FOR THE CREW STEPPED ON A WOODEN STEP LADDER TO HAND ONE OF THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES A RATCHET WRENCH. THE GROUND MAN FELL FROM A LADDER AND CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT POWER LINE, POSSIBLY THROUGH THE WRENCH. THE FALL WAS ATTR IBUTED TO A SLIP OR A HEART ATTACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED AND WAS DEAD O N ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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