Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14480305 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD RAIL CIRCUIT

Accident Summary Nr: 14480305 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 06/25/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1045210	06/26/1984	1623	0	The L E Myers Co

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED A WOOD POLE FOR A RAILROAD INSTALLATION TO BOND THE GROUND WIRE TO THE SUPPORT CABLE FOR THE TOP ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE. UPON REACHING A WORKING POSITION WITHIN 3 FEET OF THE TOP OF THE POLE, THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, TOUCHED OR GRASPED THE OVERHEAD 2300-VOLT "SIGNAL" PRIMARY (UNINSULATED) CONDUCTOR WITH HIS LEFT HAND AS THE BONDING CONDUCTOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TOUCHED HIS LEFT GROIN. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, RAILWAY CIRCUIT, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1045210			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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