OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14501027
JDS C A T V CONSTRUCTION CO INC
PEMBERTON, NJ—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Investigation abstract
THE SOLE OWNER OF A CABLE TV INSTALLATION COMPANY AND AN EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLIN THE 2,400-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WHICH RAN AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 25 FEET ACROS S THE ROADWAY. G CABLE TV STRAND ALONG THE SIDE OF A ROAD. THE COMPANY OWNER WAS POSITIONED IN THE METAL BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT TRUCK AND WAS PULLING THE STRAND IN A DIRECTI ON OPPOSITE THAT IN WHICH THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED FOR TRAVEL. HE WAS AFFIXING T HE STRAND AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 20 FEET TO TELEPHONE POLES ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE COMPANY OWNER HAD CONTROL OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BUCKET IN WHICH HE STOO D. A NEUTRAL ELECTRIC LINE WAS RUN ACROSS THE ROADWAY, BENEATH A PRIMARY LINE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 22 FEET. (THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS THE TRUCK OPERATOR.) THE COM PANY OWNER WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE OR HIS OPERATING EQUIPMENT MADE CONTACT WITH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 19
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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