Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14345904 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14345904 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106382682	03/08/1991	1794	0	Fields Land Clearing, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106382674	03/07/1991	1623	0	Fountain Contractor Company, Inc.

Abstract: THREE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING WELL POINT RISERS FOR A DE-WATERING SYSTEM IN PREPARATION FOR A SEWER LINE INSTALLATION. THE WELL POINTS WERE BEING PLACED BENEATH A 7200-VOLT-TO-GROUND OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE RISER PIPES WERE 26 FEET, 11 INCHES LONG, AND ONE OF THE PHASE CONDUCTORS OF THE POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 26 FEET, 9 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEES HAD INSTALLED NINE OF THE RISERS AND WERE RAISING THE TENTH TO A VERTICAL POSITION WHEN IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR MINOR BURNS AND FOR OBSERVATION.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, METAL POLE, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURN, ELECTROCUTED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106382682			Occupation Not Listed
2	106382674	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	106382674	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	106382674	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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