Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200554079 - Employee electrocuted in contact with secondary power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200554079 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309080661	09/13/2005	1731	238210	Par Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:45 p.m. on September 12, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were reinstalling electric service to a house that had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Employee #1 climbed the pole at the rear of the house while the coworker at the house hooked up the weatherhead. Employee #1 then pulled the service up on the pole end. He had made the neutral up and was waiting for the coworker to make the house end up so he could energize the service. Employee #1 was moving around the pole to get into a better position when he contacted the 220-volt secondary service cable that was also on the pole. The coworker heard Employee #1 grunt and then saw him go limp, but his safety equipment became caught on the telephone/TV cable and prevented him from falling to the ground. Employee #1 was rescued from the pole and administered CPR, but he could not be revived. Employee #1 died of electrocution.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, REPAIR, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309080661			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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