Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200030963 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GROUND WIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 200030963 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 03/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303119036	03/25/2000	1623	0	The L.E. Myers Co.

Abstract: A journeyman power line worker and a first-step apprentice were working from an uninsulated aerial lift, replacing bell insulators on a deenergized, three-phase, 345-kilovolt overhead power line. Steel towers supported the line. The crew had grounded the deenergized line, but had not set up an equipotential zone at the tower at which they were working. The power line worker was electrocuted when he contacted an end of an energized protective ground. The apprentice also received an electric shock when the aerial lift platform became energized. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, INDUCED CURRENT, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000		106	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303119036			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	303119036			Hospitalized injury	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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