OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #972554
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN AUGER TO DRILL A 24-INCH-DIAMETER, 5.5-FOOT-DEEP HO LE FOR A STREETLIGHT POLE FOUNDATION. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE 34-FOOT BOOM OF TH E AUGER TO A NEARLY VERTICAL POSITION. A 21-KILOVOLT (TO GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 FEET DIRECTLY ABOVE THE DRILLING SITE. THE BOOM CONTAC TED THE POWER LINE AT A POINT 3 FEET, 2 INCHES FROM ITS TIP, ELECTROCUTING THE E MPLOYEE. ACCORDING TO THE EXAMINING DOCTOR'S AND THE CORONER'S REPORTS, THE EMPL OYEE HAD BURN MARKS ON HIS LEFT HAND AND HIS LEFT FOOT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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