OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237143
TEMPLE ASSOCIATES INC
DIBOLL, TX—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TOOL CORD
Investigation abstract
WORKING FROM AN INSULATED BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT, AN EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT TO DRI TED. LL A HOLE IN A UTILITY POLE. HE WAS USING A BLACK AND DECKER PORTABLE ELECTRIC D RILL, WHICH HE HAD RAISED TO THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET BY PULL ROPE. HE WAS WEARING A PAIR OF LEATHER GLOVES, RATHER THAN THE RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES THAT WERE IN THE BUCKET WITH HIM. THE DRILL WAS POWERED BY A VEHICLE-MOUNTED GENERATOR ON TH E AERIAL LIFT TRUCK, AND THE CORD WAS RUN FROM THE GENERATOR (WITH THE CORD ON T HE GROUND) UP TO THE BUCKET. AS THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE DRILL INTO POSITION, THE CORD CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 14,400-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE CORD AND MELTED IT AND THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCU
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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