Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111617.015 - Two employees are injured during fiber optic installation

Accident Summary Nr: 111617.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/03/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1364609.015	12/05/2018		238210	Comtrac Services, Llc

Abstract: At 11:45 p.m. on December 3, 2018, Employees #1 and #2, employed by an electrical services company, were working from an aerial lift truck at a height of 18 feet and installing fiber optic wires at a multifamily residential structure. As the two employees returned to the surface in the lift, Employee #1 made contact with a 7,500-volt electric power line and was shocked and burned. Employee #2 was shocked when he made contact with the aerial lift truck, which had become electrified. Both employees were transported to the hospital. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for second- and third-degree burns over 30-40 percent of his body. Employee #2 was treated for electrical shock and released without hospitalization.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Burn, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Work, Electrician, Elevated Work Platform, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Overhead Power Line, Residential Construction, Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition				18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1364609.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1364609.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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