OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14476253
THE AMERICAN UTILITY CORP
CINCINNATI, OH—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINES THRU EQUIP
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS IN A 37-INCH DEEP TRENCH USING A JACKHAMMER (AMERICAN MODEL #SKH 6825) TO KNOCK AN OPENING INTO A CONCRETE WALL. THE WALL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAR T OF A PHONE VAULT, BUT IT WAS INSTEAD A CONCRETE ENCASEMENT FOR SOME 240-VOLT E LECTRIC CONDUCTORS FROM AN ADJACENT ELECTRICAL VAULT. THE BIT OF THE JACKHAMMER MADE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES SAW HIM LYING IN THE TRENCH AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OUT. WHEN THEY DID THIS, THEY RECEIVED MINOR SHOCKS. THE EMPLOYEES KNEW THE ELECTRIC LINES WERE PRESENT, BUT DID NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE LINES.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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