Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200611721 - Employee injured in contact with overhead power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200611721 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 06/28/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306946914	06/28/2004	1623	237130	Hayward Price Construction

Abstract: At 10:58 a.m. on June 28, 2004, Employee #1, of Hayward Price Construction, was in a bucket truck installing spacers to a three-phase Hendrix matrix overhead power line when he contacted the 2,400-volt AC line. He sustained third-degree burns that resulted in permament disability. During his hospitalization, several fingers had to be surgically amputated.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, FINGER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, 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		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306946914			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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