OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542906
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
ATHENS, GA—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
A TRANSMISSION LINE CREW WAS DETAILED TO INSTALL NEW 75-FOOT WOODEN POLES ON AN POLE CONNECTION. WHEN THE BUCKET WAS BACKED AWAY, THE 5/16-INCH GROUND WIRE IN TENSION SLIPPED UP THE BASKET, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE AND KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THE BASKET. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 65 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIE S SUSTAINED IN THE FALL. EXISTING 115-KILOVOLT TRANSMISSION LINE. THE LINES WERE DEENERGIZED AND GROUNDED . THE FIRST NEW 75-FOOT POLE WAS SET NEXT TO THE EXISTING 65-FOOT POLE WITHOUT I NCIDENT. THE CREW LEADER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOOK ONE VEHICLE UPHILL TO INSTALL POLE #2. THE REMAINING CREW MEMBERS, A LINEMAN AND A HELPER, SET UP AN AERIAL L IFT NEXT TO POLE #1 TO TRANSFER THE CONDUCTORS TO THE NEW POLE. AFTER THE LINEMA N POSITIONED HIMSELF WITH THE AERIAL LIFT, HE INSTALLED A GIN POLE WITH TACKLE T O THE NEW POLE, ATTACHING ONE END TO THE EXISTING 5/16-INCH GROUND WIRE (STATIC WIRE). USING THE BUCKET TO PIN THE WIRE, HE REMOVED THE SHACKLE PIN FROM THE OLD
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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