Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200676674 - Employee electrocuted when aerial bucket contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200676674 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 03/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310216882	03/31/2007	1623	237130	Utility Lines Construction Services, Inc.

Abstract: On March 31, 2007, Employee #1, a crew foreman, was installing a guy on the west side of an electrical pole. He was ascending in an aerial bucket when he contacted the 12 kilovolt power line and was electrocuted. The overhead power lines on the west side of the electrical pole had only one insulated electrical covering. The A, B, and C phase lines were energized, with the east side of the pole protected with insulated covers. The transformer had been replaced and all the wires below the primary phases were de-energized. At the time of the accident, neither of the two aerial bucket trucks being used were grounded. Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat, safety glasses, and leather gloves, but his insulated electrical gloves were hanging on the outside of the aerial bucket.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, UTILITY POLE, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310216882			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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