OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414841
CREVE COEVR COUNTRY CLUB
CREVE COEVR, MO—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE
Investigation abstract
TWO LIFEGUARDS AT A COUNTRY CLUB POOL WERE ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE A ROPE FROM TH E TOP OF A 50-FOOT FLAG POLE. TO DO THIS, THEY WERE USING A 40-FOOT METAL POLE W ITH A CLAW-TYPE GARDEN TOOL TAPED TO ITS END. THE POLE CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVE RHEAD POWER LINE, AND THE ELECTRIC SHOCK KNOCKED THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE POLE I NTO THE OTHER EMPLOYEE. THEY WERE BOTH ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 427
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 427
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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