OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445399
EMBLOM BROS CONST CO INC
MONTGOMERY, MN—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ACCIDENTALLY REENERGIZED LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #1) WAS COILING UP WIRE ON A FARM. THE LINE WAS DEENERGIZE D AT THE TIME. THE GENERAL FOREMAN AT A REMOTE SITE TOLD A SECOND EMPLOYEE TO PU T THE JUMPER FROM THE NEW LINE TO THE TAP. WHEN THIS WAS DONE, IT REENERGIZED TH E OLD LINE BECAUSE A JUMPER WAS STILL ON THE OLD LINE. THE FOREMAN DID NOT SEE T HAT THE JUMPER WAS STILL CONNECTED TO THE OLD LINE; BUT WHEN HE SAW THE FLASH, H E REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE JUMPED INTO HIS PICKUP, DROVE TO WHERE HE LAST SAW EMPLOYEE #1, AND SAW A THIRD EMPLOYEE GIVING CPR TO EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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