OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399422
BOWIE CASS ELECTRIC CO OP INC
DOUGLASSVILLE, TX—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE RECONNECTING THE LINE AND NEUTRAL CONDUCTORS LEADING FROM A U WIRE, ENERGIZING IT AND ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE STANDING ON IT. TILITY POLE TO A VACANT HOUSE. ONE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS ON THE GROUND, USED A HAND LINE TO PULL THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR UP TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS ON THE POLE . THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE WAS WEARING INSULATING GLOVES AND HAD THE NEUTRAL CON DUCTOR IN HIS HAND WHEN IT CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE ON TOP OF T HE POLE. THE LINE CONDUCTOR FROM THE VACANT HOUSE WAS LYING ON A BARBED WIRE ON THE GROUND, AND THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS STANDING ON THE BARBED WIRE. CURR RENT FROM THE ENERGIZED LINE WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH THE NEUTRAL TO THE LINE CONDU CTOR AT THE WEATHER HEAD ON THE HOUSE. THIS LINE CONDUCTED CURRENT TO THE BARBED
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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