Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200641405 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru pole

Accident Summary Nr: 200641405 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303638159	08/21/2000	1623	0	C & M Electrical Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Some employees were replacing a utility pole supporting a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line. The employees were using two aerial lifts and a Polecat digger-derrick. Two of the employees were supporting and guiding the pole base into the hole. The pole had a ground wire stapled to it and a guy attached. The employees lost control of the pole when it missed the claws of the digger-derrick, and the pole contacted the power line. The guy hit the back of one of the two employees supporting the pole, electrocuting him. The guy also contacted the calf of the other employee. He received an electric shock and was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303638159			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
2	303638159			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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