OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809558
WEEKS CONSTRUCTION CO.
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GUY
Investigation abstract
A CREW WAS REPLACING AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO EMPLOYEES FROM THE CREW, A SUPE WORKER, WHO WAS HOLDING THE GUY, AND THE SUPERVISOR, WHO HAD THE END OF THE GUY AGAINST HIS LEG, RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. THE FIRST EMPLOYEE DIED BEFORE REACHI NG A HOSPITAL, AND HIS SUPERVISOR DIED THE NEXT MORNING. RVISOR AND A POWER LINE WORKER, WERE TAKING UP SLACK IN CONDUCTORS THAT HAD BEEN STRUNG. TWO GUYS HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO A UTILITY POLE THE PREVIOUS DAY, WITH BOT H GUYS ATTACHED TO THE SAME OUTSIDE ANCHOR. THE SUPERVISOR HAD A HOIST ATTACHED TO THE TOP GUY, AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD A HOIST ATTACHED TO THE SECOND GUY. B OTH OF THESE EMPLOYEES WERE JACKING THE HOISTS. THE SECOND GUY HAD TO BE MOVED T O THE INSIDE ANCHOR, SO THE PREFORM WAS UNWRAPPED FROM THE GUY, AND THE HOIST WA S REMOVED. FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, THE SECOND GUY BECAME SLACK, AND THE INSU LATING ROD SWUNG DOWN, CONTACTING A 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LINE
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 555
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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