OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #894683
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,MEASURING DEVICE,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IB
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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