OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801704
E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,TREE,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED A TREE TO CUT TWO LIMBS, SO THAT THE TREE COULD BE FELLE D. A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE TREE. A S THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE TREE, HE GOT BETWEEN THE TREE AND THE POWER LINE, CON TACTED THE LINE WITH HIS BACK, AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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