Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14519680 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact With Overhead Line

**Accident: 14519680 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/16/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101083038	06/19/1986	1389	Rigover, Inc.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING AN OIL FIELD PUMP ON A LOWBOY TRAILER. THEY HAD TO TRAVEL UNDER A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE (7620 VOLTS PHASE TO GROUND). THE WALKING BEAM GOT CAUGHT ON A TELEPHONE LINE THAT WAS INSTALLED BELOW THE POWER LINES. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE PUMP TO FREE THE ENTANGLED TELEPHONE LINE. WHILE HE WAS ON TOP OF THE PUMP, HIS FOREHEAD CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE TELEPHONE LINE THAT HE WAS HOLDING WAS SUPPORTED BY GROUNDED STEEL SUSPENSION STRAND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: head, overhead power line, electrical, communication cable, electrocuted

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	101083038			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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