Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200352151 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200352151 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/04/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304259484	06/05/2001	1623	0	Mastec North America, Inc.

Abstract: A power line worker was working from an insulated aerial lift, replacing a wood utility pole. He was wearing a hard hat, rubber insulating gloves and sleeves, and a flame-resistant shirt. He was installing a crossarm on the new pole and moving the conductors from the old pole to the new one. The phase conductors were wrapped in recently inspected rubber insulating blankets and line hose. As the tension was set in one of the phase conductors, the conductor cut through the insulating blanket and contacted a metal mounting bracket for the neutral conductor. This energized the upper part of the old pole. The metal frame glasses the employee was wearing contacted with the energized metal part of the pole. The employee received an electric shock, which caused him to jerk and pull the new crossarm to his chest. He was electrocuted.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304259484			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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