Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170247738 - PUNCTURE - FLYING SPRING FROM A FUSE

Accident Summary Nr: 170247738 -- Report ID: 1055360 -- Event Date: 07/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111552923	07/30/1990	1623	0	Hawkeye Const Inc

Abstract: A POWER LINE WORKER, WORKING FROM A UTILITY POLE, WAS CLOSING A 3-AMPERE FUSE FOR A 15-KILOVOLT TRANSFORMER. HE WAS USING A 6-FOOT LIVE-LINE TOOL TO CLOSE THE FUSE. THE TYPE OF FUSE USED HAD A SPRING ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSE HOLDER TO ALLOW QUICKER SEPARATION, AND THE FUSE ITSELF WAS PLACED IN A TUBE-TYPE HOLDER. THE TRANSFORMER HAD A FAULT, AND THE FUSE BLEW. THE EXPLOSION OF THE FUSE CAUSED THE SPRING ON THE FUSE TO SHOOT OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLDER TUBE. THE SPRING PENETRATED THROUGH THE LINE WORKER'S LEFT THIGH. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE LINE WORKER WAS POSITIONED ABOUT 5 FEET BELOW THE FUSE HOLDER WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE HOLDER TUBE POINTED AT HIM.

Keywords: FUSE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, LIVE-LINE TOOL, E PTD, ELECTRICAL FAULT, UTILITY POLE, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111552923			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Electrical power installers and repairers

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