OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #894683
HOLLY & ASSOCIATES LTD
CHARLES CITY, VA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ROD
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS PERFORMING SURVEYING WORK BENEATH A 19.9-KILOVOLT OVERHE AD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES BROUGHT A TRANSIT ROD WITH A METAL FACING IN TO CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- CARD-VASC/RESP FAIL. (12)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.