Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200551521 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 200551521 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303079305	02/24/2000	1623	0	Highlines Construction Co.

Abstract: A five-person crew was pulling three new cables in a cubicle. The new cables were replacing existing ones, and the crew had installed conduit for the new cables the previous day. The pulling location was about 200 meters away from where the new cables were being paid out. One of the five employees was standing in front of the cubicle, guiding a new cable and applying lubricant as it was pulled through the new conduit. He was within about 300 millimeters of the existing cables, which had not been grounded. He apparently contacted an energized part and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, UNDRGRD INSTALLATION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, 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		4	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303079305			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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