Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170787360 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 170787360 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125849034	03/10/1997	4932	0	Pg&E

Abstract: A nine-person crew was installing a 4/0 conductor for an overhead power line. The conductor became entangled in tree limbs. When the employees freed the conductor, it sprang up into a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. One of the employees, who was touching the conductor and a grounded conductor, was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125849034			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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