OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816868
LEWIS H. WORRAD CORPORATION
NEWTOWN, CT·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A DEENERGIZED OVERHEAD POWER LINE FROM UTILITY POLES. O NE END OF THE CONDUCTOR HAD BEEN CUT AND WAS LYING ON THE GROUND. THE OTHER END OF THE CONDUCTOR WAS HANGING FROM A UTILITY POLE. THE DEENERGIZED CONDUCTOR CONT ACTED AN ADJACENT ENERGIZED 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Electrical power installers and repairers (577)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.