Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020386 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 200020386 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 01/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300021813	01/21/1997	4911	0	Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Abstract: Two power line workers were attaching leads onto transformer bushings. One of the employees held the leads while his coworker cut, shaped, connected, and tightened the leads. The employees then began cleaning up the tools they had used, and the employee who had been holding the leads climbed from the second or third step of the step ladder he was working from to the sixth or seventh step. As he continued up the ladder, he contacted a 24-kilovolt bus and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E PTD, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300021813			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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