Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14544753 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14544753 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 05/09/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106465347	05/10/1996	4939	0	U G I Utilities Inc Electric Division

Abstract: A substation maintenance worker was testing surge arrestors. He was working from an aerial lift. The employee swung the bucket of the aerial lift toward a deenergized, but ungrounded, 230-kilovolt power line. He was electrocuted when he contacted the surge arrestor for that phase.

Keywords: LIGHTNING ARRESTER, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106465347			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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