Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200554376 - Employee electrocuted in contact with high voltage line

Accident Summary Nr: 200554376 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/15/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309086668	05/16/2006	1731	238210	Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corp.

Abstract: On either May 8, 2006 or May 15, 2006, Employee #1 and four coworkers were dispatched to a work site to install new electrical service to a shed. A transformer was lifted by the boom of a digger derrick and then hung by a lineman working from the bucket of the digger derrick and by Employee #1, who was working from the pole. After the transformer was hung, Employee #1 removed his insulated gloves to move around the pole. The lineman then completed the installation of the circuit ground and began to lower his bucket to the ground. During this process the lineman felt Employee #1 reach into his bucket to retrieve a tool. As Employee #1 pulled the tool from the bucket, he contacted the cutout on the 14,400-volt line. The current entered through his leather gloves and exited through his foot to the pole ground, which ran between his climbing gaffs. Employee #1 was electrocuted. At the time of the accident, he was not wearing his insulated gloves or sleeves.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309086668			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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