Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14200521 - EYE FLASH - LOOKED AT ELECTRIC ARC

Accident Summary Nr: 14200521 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/23/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104379441	08/29/1988	0783	0	Asplundh Tree Expert Co
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104379458	08/29/1988	7363	0	Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104379466	08/31/1988	4911	0	Baltimore Gas And Electric Company

Abstract: An employee of a temporary employment service was a flagger on a line-clearance tree-trimming job performed jointly by an electric utility and a tree service firm. The employees were trimming trees around a 33-kilovolt overhead power line located 12.2 meters above the ground. The tree-trimming crew was working from a 19.8-meter-high HiRanger aerial lift. The crew noticed that a 20-millimeter-diameter, 1.2-meter-long branch had fallen out of the tree onto the power line. The lines faulted before the branch could be removed and a massive electric arc ensued because of a recloser malfunction. The flagger, who was looking at the branch when the fault occurred, sustained an eye flash injury. She was hospitalized for her injury.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, ELECTRICAL, TREE TRIMMING, EYE, TREE LIMB, ELEC UTILITY WORK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL FAULT, E PTD, TREE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104379441			Occupation Not Listed
2	104379458	Hospitalized injury	Radiation Effects	Construction laborers
3	104379466			Occupation Not Listed

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