Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14400915 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14400915 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/02/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1437102	05/02/1984	2434	0	Toms Cabinets Inc

Abstract: A three-person power line crew was upgrading a 12-kilovolt overhead power line to a 34-kilovolt line. The employees were setting new utility poles and replacing the phase conductors. The crew had not installed rubber insulating line hose or blankets on the conductors. One of the employees on the crew was working from an aerial lift. This power line worker, who was not using rubber insulating gloves or sleeves, raised his bucket and contacted one of the 7500-volt-to-ground phase conductors. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1437102			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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