Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200643674 - Employee electrocuted during power line work

Accident Summary Nr: 200643674 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 01/11/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309790764	01/11/2007	1731	238210	High Plains Electric Inc.

Abstract: On January 11, 2007, Employee #1, a foreman and electrical lineman, was in an insulated bucket changing service to a customer from a two-phase to a three-phase, 7,200-volt AC. In the process, he contacted both the hot line and the neutral line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. At the time of the accident, he was not wearing any PPE, which was found in his truck. Employee #1 was an experienced electrical lineman and had worked in this business for his entire career.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, DERRICK TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309790764			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	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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