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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 128915.015 - Power Line Worker Is Electrocuted

**Accident: 128915.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 08/24/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1489625.015	08/24/2020		Joseph C. Mcadams

At 12:15 p.m. on August 24, 2020, Employee #1, employed by an electrical contrac tor, was preparing to install a new power line (cable) between two utility poles . The employee threw the guide twine, used to pull the cable, toward the next p ole. The guide twine arched higher than intended and made contact with the dist ribution power lines above the employee, through which flowed 2,700 volts of ele ctric current. The electric current traveled down the guide twine to Employee # 1, who was electrocuted.

Keywords: construction, contact, elec utility work, electrocuted, installing, material handling, overhead power line, power line worker, utility pole

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair				22	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1489625.015	60	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) FatCause:

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