Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158302.015 - Employee drilling on equipment dies due to electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 158302.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/24/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1685169.015	06/26/2023		237130	State Line Construction And Maintenance Llc

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on June 24, 2023, an employee working for a transmission line construction company was using a drill. The employee was holding part of newly installed equipment when the ground wire made contact with a cutout of the installed equipment. This created a phase to ground circuit, which the worker contacted with his drill and bare hand. The employee died due to electrocution.

Keywords: Construction, Contact, Drill, Drilling, Electric Shock, Electrical, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Glove, Hand, Installing, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Repair, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair				20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1685169.015	30	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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