OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465140
R C HUFF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
ROCHESTER, IN—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
WORKING FROM THE BASKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT (VERSALIFT MODEL NO. 34-G; SERIAL NO. 168317; MOUNTED ON A 1984, 3-TON GMC 6000 TRUCK), AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TEL EVISION CABLE. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE WAS INSTALLING THE TELEVISION DIS TRIBUTION CABLE ON THE STEEL SUPPORT STRAND. WITH THE STEEL SUPPORT STRAND IN HI S BARE HANDS, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FASTEN A ROLLER TO THE STRAND. HE MADE CONTAC T WITH A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WITH THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND WAS ELECTRO CUTED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING IN A SPACE THAT WAS 24 INCHES, VERTICALLY, AND 21 INCHES, HORIZONTALLY, BETWEEN THE NEW STEEL STRAND AND THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 523
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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