OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212310
SHETLAND PROPERTIES OF ILLINOIS
BEDFORD PK, IL—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A WELDED FRAME MOBILE SCAFFOLD FROM ONE WORK AREA TO ANOTHER ON A CITY STREET. EACH OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS PUSHING ON ONE OF THE UPRIGH TS AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD, WHICH WAS 27 FEET HIGH, CO NTACTED A 34-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ABOUT 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUN D. ALL FOUR OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. ONE OF THEM WAS ELECTROCUTED. (H E WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL, 2 HOURS, 17 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT.) ANOTHER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS TO BOTH HANDS, TO HIS RIGHT LEG, AND TO HIS L EFT ANKLE. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES WERE EXAMINED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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