OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566475
INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL MOVERS
PHOENIX, AZ—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ON THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING BEING MOVED ON DOLLIES . THE ROOF WAS 21 FEET, 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. A CABLE TELEVISION CABLE AND AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE WERE LOCATED IN THE PATH OF THE BUILDING. THE POWER LINE WAS INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT OF 24 FEET, 7 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THE TELEVIS ION CABLE WAS INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT LOWER THAN THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES LIFTED THE TELEVISION CABLE SO THAT IT WOULD CLEAR THE ROOF. AS HE HELD THE CABLE IN HIS HAND, HE BACKED INTO THE POWER LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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