Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200553469 - One employee killed, one injured by falling power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200553469 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/11/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307596288	08/12/2004	1794	238910	M.P. Dumesnil Construction Co. Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307596296	08/12/2004	4922	486210	Dow Chemical, Gulf Coast Pipeline

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 11, 2004, Employee #1, of MP Dumesnil Construction, was helping to install a new water line under a highway intersection. A natural gas pipeline that belonged to Dow Chemical also ran under the intersection. Employee #2, who worked for Dow, was there to make sure the pipeline was not damaged. A coworker using heavy equipment to dig a trench came too close to a power pole and undermined it. This caused an energized 28-kilovolt overhead power line to drop to the ground, striking Employees #1 and #2 as it fell. Employee #2 was killed; Employee #1 sustained second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307596288			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators
2	307596296			Fatality	Electric Shock	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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