OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816868
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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