Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170237333 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 170237333 -- Report ID: 1055360 -- Event Date: 02/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111461554	02/07/1991	4911	0	Puget Power

Abstract: An electric utility crew was replacing a pad-mounted transformer that had been damaged by a truck. The crew put the cables through a feed-through bushing and lowered it into the vault. Then the employees replaced the transformer. While they were reconnecting the secondary conductors and ground, the bushing sprang up and contacted the left hand of one of the employees. The bushing was energized by backfeed or a stored charge, and the employee received an electric shock. The employee was hospitalized overnight with numbness in his thumb and two of his fingers.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, FINGER, E PTD, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111461554			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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