Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 569988 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 569988 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 04/05/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123383382	04/24/1995	4911	0	Arkansas Power & Light

Abstract: A power line worker for an electric utility was working from the bucket of an aerial lift. He was replacing a fuse on one phase of a three-phase, 13.8-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee maneuvered the bucket too close to the top of the cutout. The left side of his head contacted the energized portion of the cutout at the same time the left side of his back contacted the open fuse barrel. He received an electric shock and was hospitalized for his injury. He subsequently died from a stroke.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, HEAD, 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	123383382			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

Accident Summary Nr: 170672547 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170672547 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/31/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123798415	09/02/1993	1731	0	Bardstown Electric Dept.

Abstract: A power line foreman was working from an aerial lift, restringing an overhead power line. The line on the north side of the utility pole, where he was going to work, was deenergized. The foreman had a bare 2/0 copper conductor with him in the aerial lift bucket when he went up. The conductor was hanging from the bucket and went down along the ground to a spool. He was going to throw the conductor over the crossarm of the pole so that the ground worker could pull it. On his way up, the foreman moved the bucket to the south side of the pole to enable him to fix an insulator on the energized part of the line. He was standing on the conductor hanging from the bucket and was not wearing any electrical protective equipment. He contacted the energized side of the 2400-volt power line and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123798415			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

Accident Summary Nr: 512269 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 512269 -- Report ID: 0931600 -- Event Date: 07/09/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102289170	07/20/1992	4911	0	San Carlos Irrigation Project

Abstract: A POWER LINE WORKER IN AN AERIAL LIFT BUCKET WAS REENERGIZING A 4160-VOLT TAP DURING A CONVERSION PROJECT. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS NOT USING ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND WAS NOT WEARING ANY HEAD PROTECTION, HAD THE DEENERGIZED TAP IN HIS HANDS. AN UNGUARDED 4160-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS NEAR HIM AS HE WAS WORKING. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE WITH HIS FACE WHILE HE WAS APPARENTLY IN CONTACT WITH THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND WAS BURNED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, ON BOTH HANDS, AND ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT ELBOW, WHERE HE HAD A GAPING HOLE. BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WEARING PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, THE EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE BUCKET ABOUT 25 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION OR FROM THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN THE FALL.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102289170			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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