Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121353.015 - Employee fractures, breaks bones in fall from aerial lift

Accident Summary Nr: 121353.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1442471.015	10/30/2019		238210	Res Systems 3, Llc

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee working as an electrician for an electrical contractor was performing repairs on a power transmission line from a Terex model TC-55 bucket truck. The employee was making permanent jumpers on the line when he made contact with another phase causing it to cross phase (causing an electrical short). The resultant arc flash was strong enough to start a fire causing the employee to fall from the bucket. The employee sustained multiple fractures and broken bones and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Bucket , Bucket Truck, Construction, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electric Conductor, Electrical, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fire, Fracture, Maintenance, Power Lines, Repair

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair				20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1442471.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical and electronic engineers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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