OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557375
NEW MEXICO POLE LINE
WAGON MOUND, NM—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GROUND WIRE
Investigation abstract
A LINE CREW WAS REMOVING HARDWARE FROM OLD WOODEN POLES WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH NEW ONES. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A POLE THAT WAS LYING 64 INCHES TO TH E SIDE OF A POWER LINE INSTALLED 28 FEET OVERHEAD. THE EMPLOYEE HAD WRAPPED PLIE RS AROUND THE GROUND WIRE AND WAS PULLING IT IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT. THE WIRE BRO KE 25 FEET FROM THE TOP OF THE OLD POLE AND FLEW DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE'S H EAD, STRIKING THE 7200-VOLT-TO-GROUND POWER LINE. HE WAS NOT WEARING INSULATED G LOVES OR BOOTS. CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS, AN D THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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