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Accident Summary Nr: 170892434 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - GROUND FAULT IN STREET LIGHT SUPPORT

Accident Summary Nr: 170892434 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/23/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120267851	06/06/1995	4822	0	Nacom Construction

Abstract: A cable television line worker was upgrading a cable installed on utility poles. He was working from a pole, about 6.7 meters above the ground, installing a copper ground wire with his bare hands. As he adjusted his position on the pole, he reached around the pole and touched a metal support under a street lamp. The support was energized at 119 volts, apparently by a ground fault. The line worker received an electric shock, fell from the pole to a garage roof, and then fell from the roof, landing on his back on a tree stump. He was hospitalized for his injuries. The employees were not provided with rubber insulating gloves since they did not work on or near any high-voltage power line. The employer's work practices do not require testing for voltage in work area.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, CABLE TV WORK, E TC, STREETLIGHTING, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120267851			Hospitalized injury	Other	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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