Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622082 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 200622082 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 07/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305599508	07/23/2002	1623	0	Dillard Smith Construction Company

Abstract: A power line worker was in a Hi-Ranger aerial lift, clipping in a new overhead power line. He had not covered an existing 7200-volt overhead power line nor was he wearing rubber insulating gloves. The uninsulated section of the boom contacted the energized line while the employee was touching the new, grounded line. The employee was electrocuted when he reached behind his back and contacted the boom or controls.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305599508			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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