Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170120653 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GUY

Accident Summary Nr: 170120653 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18479998	06/13/1990	1623	0	Weeks Construction Company

Abstract: A FOUR-PERSON CREW WAS INSTALLING NEW UTILITY POLES ALONG A ROAD. THE CREW HAD INSTALLED A POLE AT AN INTERSECTION THE DAY BEFORE. THEY HAD MOVED FOUR 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD CONDUCTORS FROM AN OLD POLE TO THE NEW ONE AND HAD INSTALLED AN UPPER GUY. AFTER LUNCH, TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES RETURNED TO THE POLE TO MOVE THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR AND TO INSTALL A LOWER GUY. ONE EMPLOYEE BEGAN WORKING ON THE GUY, WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN AN AERIAL LIFT, BEGAN TO MOVE THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR TO THE NEW POLE. THE LOWER GUY WAS ATTACHED TO A BOLT THAT ALSO HELD THE CLEVIS FOR THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR. ONE OF THE 13.2-KILOVOLT CONDUCTORS, WHICH WAS STRUNG ACROSS THE ROAD, SLIPPED OUT OF A FULL COMPRESSION SLEEVE, STRUCK THE NEUTRAL CLEVIS, AND ENERGIZED THE LOWER GUY. THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WORKING ON THIS GUY WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, GUY, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRICAL SPLICE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18479998			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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