OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966572
CROOK BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION
SAN DIEGO, CA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD
Investigation abstract
An employee was standing on a scaffold, 11.9 meters above the ground, constructi ng a masonry block wall. The scaffold did not have a guardrail, and the employee was not using personal fall protection equipment. He was apparently placing a 2 -meter-long piece of rebar into a block before grouting it. The rebar contacted a 7500-volt overhead power line located about 2.4 meters above the work area. Th e employee received an electric shock then fell backward off the unguarded scaff old to the ground. He died as a result of the electric shock or the injuries he sustained in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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