OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14508535
ATEC ASSOCIATES INC OF VIRGINIA INC
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—
Event description
Electric shock - contact through core sampling rod
Investigation abstract
Three employees were taking earth boring samples using a core sampling rig with a 6.7-meter-high tower. As they removed the sampling rod (four 3.05-meter-long r ods connected together) from the ground, the rod struck a 4160-volt overhead ele ctric power line that was 10 meters above the ground. This caused two of the emp loyees to be electrocuted and the other employee to be seriously injured.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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