Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170830285 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 170830285 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119542272	08/15/1995	1761	0	Mark M. Manganello

Abstract: An employee was moving a 24-foot-long, 3-inch-diameter aluminum pump jack pole from the side of a house to the front. The phase conductor of a 7620-volt-to-ground overhead power line was located 21.67 feet above the ground and 12.5 feet from the house. (A neutral conductor and a communications cable were also present, 16 feet and 13 feet, 11 inches above the ground, respectively.) As the employee was walking the pole down in a backwards direction, he lost sight of the overhead power line and leaned the pole into the phase and neutral conductors. The employee sustained an electric shock and burns to both hands and both feet.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, METAL POLE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119542272			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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