Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200010601 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200010601 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 08/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113888721	08/17/1999	1731	238210	Sachs Electric Company

Abstract: Two employees were working on a 2400-volt overhead power line, replacing a utility pole. Before working on the 2400-volt line, they had successfully isolated, grounded, and removed two 13.8-kilovolt lines on the same pole. The employees were working bare handed. The crew relied on the host chemical company to deenergize the three-phase line but did not ground it. They had removed the first phase conductor and were working on the second. The electric utility energized the 13.8-kilovolt power line, and the 2400-volt line apparently also became energized. Both employees were electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113888721			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
2	113888721			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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