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Accident Summary Nr: 120247.015 - Employee is shocked and burned when pulling cable that conta

Accident Summary Nr: 120247.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415817.015	07/17/2019		517110	Mediacom Communications Corp.

Abstract: At 10:20 a.m. on June 21, 2019, an employee was working from a bucket truck pulling cable through conduit on a telephone pole for a communication system upgrade. As the employee was pulling up the cable below him, part of the cable above his head inadvertently came in contact with an energized secondary drop to a residence and shocked him. The employee incurred electrical burns to his skin, face, hands and arms and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Boom Truck, Burn, Cable, Clearance, Conduit, Contact, Electric Conductor, Electric Shock, Electric current, Energized, Face, Glove, Hand, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lift Bucket, Line Clearance, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pulling, Shock, Skin, Telecom Work, Training, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415817.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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