Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14466205 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINES

Accident Summary Nr: 14466205 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/02/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100641802	08/03/1986	4911	0	Texas Power & Light, Div. Of Texas Utilities

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS RESTORING ELECTRIC POWER TO A RESIDENCE THAT WAS WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE A TRANSFORMER HAD BLOWN OUT. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHECKS TO BE SURE ALL LINES WERE DEENERGIZED. HIS SUPERVISOR HAD ALSO NOT DETERMINED IF ALL THE LINES WERE DEENGERGIZED, NOR HAD HE INFORMED THE EMPLOYEE OF WHAT WORK HAD BEEN PREVIOSLY DONE ON THE LINES OR THE TRANSFORMER. THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED A UTILITY POLE TO BEGIN WORK. WHEN HE TOUCHED OVERHEAD POWER LINES AT THE TRANSFORMER, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100641802			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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