Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200750065 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SWITCH

Accident Summary Nr: 200750065 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/04/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121909402	09/05/1996	4911	0	Columbus Southern Power Company

Abstract: An employee of an electric utility was disconnecting a section of a circuit at a utility pole. He was standing on the ground operating a switch at the bottom of the pole. The section of the switch at the top of the pole became disengaged and fell onto an overhead power line. This energized the switch, and the employee was electrocuted. The circuit had been struck by lightning about a month before the accident, and the ground on the switch had been disconnected because it had burned in two.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, E PTD, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121909402			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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