OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888206

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVT DIV OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

TAKOMA PARK, MD· 1988-11-02T00:00:00

Event: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #108409566
Employer profile: MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVT DIV OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Summary number: 888206
Report ID: 352420

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

An employee was installing a span wire for a traffic signal light. To get into p osition to perform his work, he was operating an aerial lift with a 10.7-meter-l ong boom. He apparently contacted a secondary overhead power line, and his hand froze on the controls in the bucket. Consequently, the aerial lift continued rai sing the employee into a 13-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee was elect rocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
533

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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