Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270890 - Employee electrocuted when guy strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200270890 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/06/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303512784	10/09/2001	1731	0	Arguss Communications Group/Arguss Fiber Services

Abstract: On October 6, 2001, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing fiber optic cable on strand previously installed on a run of power poles. The employees were driving their four-wheeler from pole to pole, trailing the fiber optic cable, when they came to a power pole that contained two down guys. Because of the position of the downed cables, they could not drive off the fiber optic cable, nor were they able to run the spool underneath them. They decided to unhook the downed guys to position the fiber optic cable where it needed to be. Employee #1 was unhooking the downed wires when one of them contacted the overhead power lines; he was electrocuted. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At the time of the accident, the coworker was on the other side of the truck.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, GUY, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303512784			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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