OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893198
BURN,ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,ELECTRIC ARC,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK
Event description
BURN - ELECTRIC ARC FROM OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO POWER LINE WORKERS WERE WORKING FROM THE BUCKETS OF TWO AERIAL LIFT TRUCKS, CE. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. DOUBLE DEADENDING AN ENERGIZED 19.9-KILOVOLT-TO-GROUND OVERHEAD POWER LINE. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE PROVIDED WITH ALL ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PERF ORM THE WORK. THEY WERE EACH WEARING RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES AND SLEEVES, AND T HEY WERE USING RUBBER INSULATING BLANKETS TO INSULATE THE WORK AREA. HOWEVER, TH E EMPLOYEES HAD NOT COVERED THE GROUNDED CROSSARM WITH THE RUBBER BLANKETS. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HELD ONE OF THE ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS, AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE US ED A CABLE CUTTER TO CUT IT. THE CABLE CUTTER CONTACTED THE CROSSARM, CREATING A N ELECTRIC ARC. THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE CONDUCTOR WAS BURNED ON HIS EYES AND FA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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