OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800748
E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ROOF,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,INATTENTION
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
An employee had been sandblasting an air conditioning system on the roof of a te xtile plant to prepare the system for painting by another employee. A restricted high-voltage area was located on the roof of the plant. A chain-link fence encl osed this area on three sides, and the parapet wall that went around the perimet er of the roof enclosed the area on the fourth side. As he was waiting for the o ther employee to finish spray painting so that they could go to lunch, the first employee apparently was walking atop the parapet wall beside the restricted are a. He was passing under a power line when he grabbed an energized conductor to s teady himself. He was electrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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