Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14520639 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14520639 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 11/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2508505	11/20/1986	4911	0	Central Illinois Public Service Co.

Abstract: THREE LINEMEN WERE STRINGING ENERGIZED CONDUCTORS USING LIVE-LINE PROCEDURES. THEY WERE CLIPPING THE TOP PHASE OF A THREE-PHASE 69-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD SYSTEM TO A RIDGE PIN INSULATOR. THE TIE WIRE, WHICH WAS BENT, CONTACTED THE PIN, ENERGIZING THE POLE. (THE TIE WIRE WAS BENT WHEN INSULATING SHIELDS WERE REMOVED FROM THE ENERGIZED LINE, BEFORE IT WAS SET ON THE INSULATOR.) THE LINEMAN WAS IN CONTACT WITH A GROUNDED NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR THAT HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WORK AREA. THE CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE POLE, INTO HIS BODY VIA HIS CLIMBING SHOE SPIKE, AND EXITED THROUGH THE GROUNDED NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE A FATAL SHOCK.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, INSULATOR, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2508505			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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