OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456883

WASATCH DYNALECTRIC

SALT LAKE CITY, UT— 1984-09-10T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15200744
Employer profile: WASATCH DYNALECTRIC
Summary number: 14456883
Report ID: 854910

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN AN AERIAL LIFT HELPING TO INSTALL REGULATORS ON A NEW UTILITY POLE. HE LOWERED THE LIFT TO THE GROUND TO GET AN ELECTRIC DRILL SO THA T HE COULD DRILL MORE HOLES IN THE NEW POLE. WHEN HE RAISED THE AERIAL LIFT AGAI N, HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINES WHICH WERE STILL ON THE OLD POLE . HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
19

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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