OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893651
BURN,E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICIAN,ELECTRICAL WORK,STREETLIGHTING,ELECTRIC SHOCK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
An employee was working from an aerial lift troubleshooting a malfunctioning tra ffic signal. Three 120-volt signals were side by side, about 3 meters from a 19. 9-kilovolt overhead power line. The aerial lift was not insulated. The employee' s superintendent cautioned the employee throughout the day about the power line. The employee had checked one signal and swung the bucket toward the middle one when the left side of his face brushed against the power line and created an ele ctric arc. He received an electric shock and was burned on the left side of his face and on his left leg and right hand.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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