Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144767.015 - Employee contacts live electrical line and receives burns to

Accident Summary Nr: 144767.015 -- Report ID: 0419730 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568026.015	12/10/2021		238210	Quantum Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee worked in an elevated bucket on a three-phase transformer pole (7620 KV to ground) to run a power line to a post to be buried underground. At some point, the employee contacted the live electrical line and was hospitalized to treat electrical burns to the right shoulder.

Keywords: Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Overhead Power Line, Power Line Worker, Shoulder, Transformer, Utility Pole

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1568026.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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