OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999797
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,PROTECTIVE GROUNDING,ELECTRICAL,POWER LINE WORKER,ELECTROCUTED,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A two-person crew was replacing a utility pole. One of them was retreiving a han d tool for his coworker, who was in an aerial lift. The coworker lowered the buc ket to receive the hand tool. As he was doing this, the lower boom contacted a 7 200-volt overhead power line at the pivot point to the upper insulated boom. The truck was equipped with a protective ground, but it was not in use at the time of the accident. When the employee on the ground contacted the truck, he was ele ctrocuted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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