Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600286 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200600286 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 05/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300436698	05/11/1998	1731	0	Williamson County Cablevision

Abstract: An employee was working from an uninsulated aerial lift, pulling a cable television cable from one utility pole to another. He was throwing a plastic and fiberglass pulling rope with a lead weight attached over a stand of trees. The television cable and the pulling rope were attached to exterior side of bucket. The other end of the cable was lying on the ground. The rope or his right hand touched an overhead power line while the watch on his left wrist was touching the metal portion of the bucket. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, CABLE TV WORK, ROPE, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, TREE, AERIAL LIFT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300436698			Fatality	Electric Shock	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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