Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114328.015 - Employee touches power line and is fatally electrocuted

Accident Summary Nr: 114328.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 03/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1384162.015	03/08/2019		237130	Bosslynn Group Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on March 7, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were engaged in a cable television wiring installation at a new building. Employee #1 was working from a non-insulating bucket truck and pulling strand as his coworker worked from the ground. The strand kept getting caught in trees and vegetation. Employee #1, in frustration, threw up his hands, and his hands came into contact with high voltage electrical transmission lines. Employee #1 caught on fire sustained a fatal electric shock. His coworker was not injured.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Cable Tv Work, Construction, Electric Cable, Electrocuted, Fire, Hand, Power Lines, Strand Installation, Tree

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1384162.015	60	M	Fatality		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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