Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200000925 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200000925 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 03/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303204473	03/06/2000	1623	0	T & W Pole Line Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working from the bucket of an aerial lift. He was tying in a new neutral conductor onto an insulator on a bracket on a utility pole. A 13.2-kilovolt (7620-volt phase-to-ground) hot tap was located above the bracket on the same side of the pole. The tap dead-ended about 660 to 760 millimeters from the pole. The employee was not wearing appropriate electrical protective equipment and had not covered the hot tap with insulation. He apparently contacted the tap and was electrocuted.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303204473			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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