Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128537.015 - Utility worker is electrocuted while repairing 2,400-volt pr

Accident Summary Nr: 128537.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1487733.015	08/11/2020		221121	Brooklyn Municipal Utilities

Abstract: At 6:05 p.m. on August 10, 2020, an employee was working for an electric power utility. He was working on a primary line that had been damaged in a storm. A tree had fallen on the line and broken it. The employee was splicing the ends. The line was energized at 2,400 volts. The employee was measuring the length of the cable needed. When he held an end of the damaged conductor in each hand, his body completed the circuit. He suffered an electric shock from direct contact with an overhead line. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III (unsafe position), Elec Protect Equip, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrocuted, Lockout, Overhead Power Line, PPE, Power Line Worker, Power Lines, Storm, Training, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1487733.015	41	M	Fatality		Electricians' apprentices

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