OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549687
POWELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
KNOXVILLE, TN—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH LIVE PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE CLIMBED A 30-FOOT-HIGH CAGED LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE THREE-PHAS CALLED TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE 30-FOOT-HIGH ACCIDENT SITE. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED MULTIPLE BURNS TO HIS LEFT LEG, NECK, LEFT ARM, CHEST, AND LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT H AND WAS SO SEVERELY BURNED THAT IT HAD TO BE AMPUTATED. E CONDUCTORS ON A MALFUNCTIONING CRANE. (HE HAD DISCONNECTED POWER TO THE RUNWAY CONDUCTORS, HAD REMOVED THE FUSES, AND HAD LAID THEM ON THE FLOOR.) AFTER LOCAT ING THE TROUBLE, HE STEPPED ACROSS A STRUCTURAL BEAM AND ONTO THE STEEL-ANGLE-IR ON PHASE CONDUCTORS FOR AN ADJACENT CRANE. APPARENTLY, HE THOUGHT HE HAD DISCONN ECTED POWER TO THIS ONE ALSO. HE WALKED ABOUT 200 FEET ON THE LIVE CONDUCTORS, T RIPPED, AND FELL. AS HE FELL, HE GROUNDED HIMSELF. AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER COMPAN Y STARTED YELLING TO TURN THE POWER OFF, WHICH TOOK ABOUT 3 TO 4 MINUTES. CARDIO -PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS GIVEN TO REVIVE THE EMPLOYEE. THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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