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Accident: 114328.015 - Employee Touches Power Line And Is Fatally Electrocuted
Accident: 114328.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 03/07/2019
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
1384162.015 | 03/08/2019 | | Bosslynn Group Llc |
At 3:30 p.m. on March 7, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were engaged in a cabl e television wiring installation at a new building. Employee #1 was working fro m a non-insulating bucket truck and pulling strand as his coworker worked from t he 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 f atal 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 |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Other building |
New project or new addition |
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X |
Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
Occupation |
1 |
1384162.015 |
60 |
M |
Fatality |
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Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers |