Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159708.015 - Employee is electrocuted after contacting overhead powerline

Accident Summary Nr: 159708.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/06/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1696185.015	09/07/2023		237130	Tso Inc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on September 6, 2023, an employee was preparing to install a fiber optic communication cable onto an elevated support strand from the ground, along an existing power line easement location. After attaching a metal cable roller to the end of the nylon string, which contained a woven tracer wire, the employee threw the roller up towards the cable strand. The roller struck the energized 7,200-volt power line located above. The employee was electrocuted while holding the conductive rope. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Conductive Hose, Contact, Electrocuted, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Overhead Power Line, Roller--Const Equip

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1696185.015	46	M	Fatality		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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