OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968354
E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,ADVERTISING SIGN
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
Three employees were dismantling a billboard structure. Two of them contacted a 69-kilovolt overhead power line. One employee was electrocuted. Another one rece ived an electric shock and was knocked off the work platform. He fell about 7.6 meters, landing on top of a sheet metal roof. He was hospitalized for his injuri es.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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