OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255624
WEEKS CONSTRUCTION CO
KNIGHTDALE, NC—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - VOLTAGE BACKFEED IN OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS RECONNECTING A JUMPER WIRE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SEVERED TO A LLOW WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON ONE OF A SET OF THREE PHASE CONDUCTORS. THE FOREMAN AT THE SITE INFORMED THE EMPLOYEE THAT THE THREE PHASE CONDUCTORS HAD BEEN DEEN ERGIZED AT THE SWITCH POLE. AN INSULATING SLEEVE HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE ENERGIZE D PORTION OF THE JUMPER WIRE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE PORTION OF THE JUMPE R WIRE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE "DEENERGIZED" CONDUCTOR, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. O NLY TWO OF THE THREE PHASES WERE DISCONNECTED AT THE SWITCH POLE. THE LINE THE E MPLOYEE CONTACTED WAS ENERGIZED BY VOLTAGE BACKFEED THROUGH A BANK OF TRANSFORME RS AND SOME MOTORS IN A NEARBY STORE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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