Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122735.015 - Employee makes contact with energized lines and is shocked

Accident Summary Nr: 122735.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 11/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451883.015	12/13/2019		237130	Bellsouth Telecommunications, Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 20, 2019, an employee working as an electrical installer for a telephone company was attempting to move a phone line out of the path of equipment travel. The employee was operating a bucket truck when he made contact between the bucket and an overhead 14.4-kiloVolt power line. The employee was shocked and hospitalized to treat electrical burns and other shock related injuries to his foot, which was the point of exit.

Keywords: Bucket Truck, Burn, Clearance, Contact, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Foot, Installing, Line Clearance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Shock, Telecom Work

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair			0	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1451883.015	45	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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