Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14375562 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14375562 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/06/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103528519	04/10/1989	1623	0	Gilmore Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: A NEW OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS BEING INSTALLED BY A POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION CREW. A KINK DEVELOPED IN ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS, AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES CLIMBED A UTILITY POLE TO RELEASE THE KINK. THE NEW CONDUCTOR, WHICH WAS STRUNG NEAR AN EXISTING 72000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WAS BEING PULLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE RELEASED THE KINK, CAUSING A WHIPPING EFFECT ON THE CONDUCTOR FROM THE TENSION PUT ON IT BY THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE NEW LINE CONTACTED THE EXISTING LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE ON THE POLE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103528519			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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