Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519052 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14519052 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/16/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1384619	05/21/1984	1623	0	Universal Electric Construction Company

Abstract: A power line worker was working from an aerial lift, attaching a ground wire to a newly positioned utility pole. The boom of the aerial lift was above a 7620-volt overhead power line. The employee was using an all-metal pneumatic tool with a standard 6.4-millimeter service-station air hose. He was not wearing rubber insulating gloves. The insulated boom had a 140-millimeter by 406-millimeter metal supporting plate underneath. The boom contacted the power line. The air hose, which had not been tested electrically, was corroded with grease and grit and was not capable of withstanding the voltage imposed on it. Consequently, the power line worker was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1384619			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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