OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672519

IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

MOORLAND, IA— 1985-06-27T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2657138
Employer profile: IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Summary number: 672519
Report ID: 751910

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU UTIL POLE

Investigation abstract

A THREE-MAN CREW WAS REPLACING EXISTING UTILITY POLES. AS THE NEW POLE WAS BEING PUT INTO POSITION, THE GROUND WIRE CONTACTED A PHASE CONDUCTOR. ONE OF THE THRE E EMPLOYEES WAS STANDING AT THE BASE OF THE POLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. HE SAW THE ARCING AND RAN AWAY FROM THE POLE. AS HE WAS RUNNING, HE TRIPPED TOWARD THE VEHI CLE BEING USED TO PLACE THE POLE. IN FALLING, HE CONTACTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS E LECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
577

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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