OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977660
ELEC PROTECT EQUIP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UTILITY POLE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SQUIRREL GUARD FOR A TRANSFORMER ON A UTILITY POLE. HE WAS WORKING AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE WAS WEARING PO LE CLIMBERS AND A SAFETY BELT AND STRAP, BUT HE WAS NOT WEARING ELECTRICAL PROTE CTIVE EQUIPMENT. HE HAD COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION WHEN ONE OF HIS POLE CLIMBERS CUT OUT. HE REACTED TO THE FALL BY THROWING UP HIS RIGHT HAND, WHICH CONTACTED A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HIS LEG WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE NEUTRAL CONDU CTOR AT THE SAME INSTANT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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