OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824235
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING ELECTRICAL POWER TO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HE USED AN AERI AL LIFT TO RAISE HIMSELF INTO POSITION. HE WAS HOLDING A TRIPLEX CABLE, ONE END OF WHICH WAS LYING ON THE GROUND, IN HIS LEFT HAND AS HE WENT UP IN THE LIFT. WI TH HIS ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE CABLE AS HE WAS MOVING INTO POSITION, HE RAISED HIMSELF INTO CONTACT WITH A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CABLE, WHICH HAD ONE UNINSULATED CONDUCTOR, PROVIDED A PATH TO GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN E LECTRIC SHOCK AND SEVERE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT EAR AND LEFT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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