Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14277255 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS DURING FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 14277255 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 05/30/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101446284	06/01/1987	4911	0	Narragansett Electric Co.

Abstract: AN ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WORKING IN A SUBSTATION. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT ONE OF HIS REGULARLY ASSIGNED DUTIES, HE WAS APPLYING GROUNDING LEADS TO A POWER LINE IN THE STATION. THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE LADDER, CONTACTED ADJACENT ENERGIZED PARTS, AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101446284			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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