Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117679.015 - Two employees are injured by contact with electrical current

Accident Summary Nr: 117679.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 07/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1413163.015	07/05/2019		238210	Par Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on July 3, 2019, Employees #1 and #2, employed by an electrical contractor, were moving a service line higher up an existing utility pole. They were working from a bucket truck when the service line came into contact with another utility's energized power lines. Both employees were shocked and burned by the high voltage. They were transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of electric shock and electrical burns.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Energized, High Voltage, Lift Bucket, Maintenance, Power Lines, Rehabilitation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1413163.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1413163.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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