OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433395
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
GERING, NE—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU MATERIAL
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ON A 115-KILOVOLT ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION TOWER PREPARING TO REPLACE A SWITCH. THEY WERE TO BUILD A PLATFORM FROM WHICH THEY COULD WORK. THE PLATFORM WAS TO BE MADE WITH TIMBERS TIED TO THE TOWER STRUCTURE WITH CONDUC TIVE WIRE. THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE SWITCH TO BE DEENERGIZED BEFORE COMPLETING THE CONSTRUCTION WHEN ONE EMPLOYEE MOVED TOWARD THE SWITCH WITH A TIE WIRE IN HI S HAND IN ORDER TO TIE DOWN THE TIMBER. HE RAISED THE HAND HOLDING THE WIRE, POS SIBLY TO ADJUST HIS HARD HAT, AND THE WIRE TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED SWITCH. THE EMP LOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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