Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622926 - Employee suffer electric shock in contact with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200622926 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 04/18/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307676056	05/19/2004	1623	237130	Richard E Lindsey

Abstract: On April 18, 2004, Employee #1 was splicing a cable TV line when the boom of the truck from which he was working became caught in live electrical wires. When he finished the job, he stood up in the basket and suffered an electric shock when he contacted the upper live wire overhead power line. Employee #1 was transported to he hospital, where he was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ENTANGLED

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307676056			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Broadcast equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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