Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117571.015 - Employee is shocked, burned when tool contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 117571.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 05/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410933.015	06/17/2019		238220	Ranger Fire, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on May 17, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a plumbing contractor, was attempting to move a new underground waterline with a metal pry bar. The employee placed the pry bar into an electrical conduit containing an energized 12.5k-volt electrical power line. The employee was shocked and burned. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of electrical shock and burns to his hands and face.

Keywords: Abrasive Burn, Conduit, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Energized, Hand Tool, High Voltage, Metal Bar, Plumbing, Undrgrd Installation, Undrgrd Power Line, Water Pipe

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1410933.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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