OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816892
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,AERIAL LIFT,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A POWER LINE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT, REMOVING PROTECTIVE GROUNDS . HE WAS HANDLING THE GROUNDS USING HIS RUBBER GLOVED HANDS. THE GROUNDS HAD BEE N PLACED FROM THE NEUTRAL OF THE SECONDARY CIRCUIT TO THE PRIMARY LINE CONDUCTOR S. AS HE REMOVED THE ENDS OF THE PROTECTIVE GROUNDS FROM THE PRIMARY, HE PLACED THE LOOSE ENDS IN THE BUCKET OF THE AERIAL LIFT. AS HE WAS REPOSITIONING THE BUC KET TO REMOVE THE OTHER ENDS OF THE GROUNDS FROM THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR, HIS EAR CONTACTED THE PRIMARY CONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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