Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170000442 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 170000442 -- Report ID: 1055360 -- Event Date: 01/30/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111253670	02/03/1992	9131	0	Seattle City Light

Abstract: A POWER LINE CREW WAS INSTALLING A JUMPER ON A 26-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO AERIAL LIFTS WERE BEING USED, WITH ONE POWER LINE WORKER IN EACH BUCKET. A THIRD POWER LINE WORKER AND AN APPRENTICE WERE WORKING FROM A UTILITY POLE. THE APPRENTICE WAS BELOW THE POWER LINE WORKER ON THE POLE. THE POWER LINE WORKER IN THE FIRST AERIAL LIFT HAD A SHOTGUN STICK AND WAS HOLDING IT WHILE THE POWER LINE WORKER ON THE POLE PLACED ONE END OF THE JUMPER IN IT. THE LINE WORKER ON THE POLE THEN BEGAN TO PLACE THE OTHER END OF THE JUMPER INTO A LIVE-LINE TOOL BEING HELD BY THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SECOND AERIAL LIFT. AS THE POWER LINE WORKER ON THE POLE WAS DOING THIS, THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FIRST AERIAL LIFT RAISED HIS END INTO CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. THE POWER LINE WORKER ON THE POLE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111253670			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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