OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821918
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
FALL - CONDUCTOR KNOCKED EMPLOYEE OUT OF AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A DOUBLE-BUCKET AERIAL LIFT REPLACING OVERHEAD P OWER LINES ON A POLE. THE CENTER PHASE CONDUCTOR PULLED LOOSE FROM ITS INSULATOR AND STRUCK ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE HEAD. HE WAS KNOCKED FROM THE AERIAL LIF T BUCKET AND FELL 34 FEET TO HIS DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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