Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672103 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru light pole

Accident Summary Nr: 200672103 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301889192	10/05/1999	1731	0	Signal Services Industries, Inc.

Abstract: Some employees were setting a concrete street lighting pole near a 138-kilovolt overhead power line. The pole swung around, and the lighting fixture contacted the power line. Two employees received electric shocks. One died of his injuries several weeks later. The other injured employee was hospitalized. The employees had not been using a tag line to control the pole.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, STREETLIGHTING, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301889192			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	301889192			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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