Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200621696 - Employee electrocuted while relining sewer

Accident Summary Nr: 200621696 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 08/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304499759	08/24/2001	1542	0	Bolden Pipe Construction Company Inc

Abstract: On August 24, 2001, Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in a sewer re-line project. A liner is placed in the existing sewer pipe by elevating a portion of the liner and filling it with water. Head pressure from the water "carries" the liner through the pipe. The liner is then cured with hot water. After the liner is cured the job is considered complete once the liner is cut off at the top of the sewer manhole entrance. Employee #1 was in a non-insulated elevated platform disconnecting lines from the boiler truck and preparing to have the liner cut off at the manhole entrance. He was working in close proximity to a 4000 volt overhead power/line when he contacted the power line and was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304499759			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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