Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170727010 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170727010 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/31/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112028576	02/03/1992	4841	0	Viacom Cable Tv

Abstract: A LINE INSTALLER FOR A CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY WAS LASHING A NEWLY INSTALLED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE TO SUSPENSION STRAND. HE WAS WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT, TOWING THE LASHING TOOL OVER THE TOP OF A TREE. THE BOOM OF THE AERIAL LIFT WAS CONTACTING THE GROUNDED SUSPENSION STRAND. THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED A TWO-CONDUCTOR SERVICE DROP, WHICH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 INCHES BELOW THE PRIMARY, AND RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK. (THE ORIGINAL REPORT ALSO STATED, HOWEVER, THAT THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 12-KILOVOLT CONDUCTOR.) THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: SERVICE CONDUCTOR, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, E TC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112028576			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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