Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200641843 - Electric Shock & Burn - Direct Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200641843 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 04/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303642953	04/25/2001	1623	0	Win-Sons Poleline Construction Inc.

Abstract: A power line worker was removing a 10-kilovolt-ampere transformer from a dead-end utility pole. He contacted a 7.2-kilovolt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line and received an electric shock. He also sustained burns over 30 percent of his body. He was hospitalized, but died 12 days later of complications from his burn injuries and sepsis.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRANSFORMER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303642953			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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