Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503270 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINE THRU TOOL

Accident Summary Nr: 14503270 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 05/12/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101844132	05/13/1986	4931	0	The Kansas Power & Light Co.

Abstract: An employee was working at the bottom of a 1.2-meter-deep excavation in a city street. He was using a jackhammer to remove what was thought to be rock so that work could be performed on a 102-millimeter-diameter natural gas line. The rock was actually a concrete conduit surrounding a 13.8-kilovolt underground power line. The employee was electrocuted when the blade of the jackhammer broke through the concrete and contacted the power line.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, JACKHAMMER, E C, UNDRGRD POWER LINE, BLIND REACHING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101844132			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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