Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170840029 - Employee injured when aerial lift strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 170840029 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125624965	12/17/2001	1731	0	Outback Communications, Inc.

Abstract: On December 17, 2001, Employee #1, a telecommunications worker, was using a truck with an aerial lift to install fiber optic telecommunication cable. He was elevated to a position that was below a 12-kilovolt power line and was installing the fiber optic cable about 8 ft below the lift. The bucket was being raised so Employee #1 could pull the cable clear of some tree limbs when it struck the power line. Employee #1 received an electric shock and suffered burns over 40 percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125624965			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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