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Electrocutions, electric shocks

2 hospitalizations · 2023087415 · 8/14/2023 · Southern Pine Electric Cooperative

Severity

Hospitalized
2
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury
Electrocutions, electric shocks

Cause

Event
Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Source
Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source
Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name
Southern Pine Electric Cooperative
Location
2134 South Boulevard, BREWTON, ALABAMA, 36426
NAICS
221122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were installing an inline pole to increase the ground clearance of a sagging power line. Once the new pole was in place, the employee in the bucket truck attached the energized line to the jib on the new pole. As the employees finished emplacing the new pole, the energized line (7,620 volts) broke loose from the jib on the new pole. Due to the sag in the energized wire, it dropped low enough to contact the boom of the digger derrick truck. Two employees standing next to the truck sustained an electrical shock.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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