Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200461747 - Employee killed when strangled by electrical line spreader

Accident Summary Nr: 200461747 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 05/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306811928	05/07/2004	1623	237130	Halpin Line Construction, Llc

Abstract: On May 7, 2004, Employee #1 was in a suspended basket that was being pulled along an overhead power line by a tracked vehicle when his neck contacted a high-voltage, electrical line spreader. The basket's safety chain caught the back of his head, pulling Employee #1 into the spreader and strangling him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, SUFFOCATED, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306811928			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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