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Accident: 170614291 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault In Cable Or Guy

**Accident: 170614291 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/08/1997**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
120172770	02/20/1997	1731	Feather River Cable Tv

A cable television installer was troubleshooting an outage. He was working from a ladder leaning against a utility pole. He grabbed a down guy and a cable television cable, received an electric shock, and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: electrical, communication cable, e tc, ladder, ground fault, equipment grounding, guy, electric shock, fall, communication worker

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	120172770			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	FallDist: FallHt:10 Cause: Construction of playing fields, tennis courts FatCause: Fall from roof

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