OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14392922
ERNIE DAVIS MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO INC
MARTIN, LA—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES OF A TRUCKING FIRM WERE DELIVERING A 10-KILOVOLT-AMPERE TRANSFORME R TO A SUBSTATION. A 19.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE GROUND, 6 FEET FROM THE TOP OF THE TRANSFORMER. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES C LIMBED THE TRANSFORMER TO REMOVE THE CHAIN BINDERS. BENDING OVER, HE LOOSENED A CLEVIS AND, AS HE STOOD UP, CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE O THER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING ONTO THE CHAIN, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, WHICH CAUSED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 814
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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