Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171110612 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 171110612 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/29/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127415479	08/06/2001	4911	0	Nipsco Angola Line Operating Headquarters

Abstract: Two power line workers were installing a new three-phase service for a customer. One of the power line workers was in an insulated aerial lift. The other worker was on the ground. The aerial lift bucket contacted a 12.5-kilovolt overhead power line. The circuit breaker for the power line tripped and reset twice. The worker on the ground did not see the contact, but heard it. He called for help and lowered the bucket with the lower-level controls. The employee in the bucket had been electrocuted. The employee on the ground received an electric shock and sustained burns. (The original form did not describe how he was injured.) He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127415479			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
2	127415479			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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