Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137202.015 - One employee is killed, two others receive electrical shock

Accident Summary Nr: 137202.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1542169.015	07/15/2021		238110	Millennium Reinforcing Inc

Abstract: At 12:08 p.m. on July 15, 2021, three employees worked to install thirty-five-foot-long rebar. At some point, the rebar contacted an energized, overhead powerline operating at 16,000 v phase to phase. All three employees were electrocuted with Employee #1 killed, and Employees #2 and #3 hospitalized to treat electrical shock and burns.

Keywords: Burn, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Energized, Installing, Overhead Power Line, Rebar

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition			7		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation
1	1542169.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury	Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker
2	1542169.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury	Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker
3	1542169.015	40	M	Fatality	Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker

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