Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200752277 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200752277 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112535760	04/20/2001	1623	0	New River Electrical Corporation

Abstract: A power line crew was replacing a utility pole on an existing 12-kilovolt, three-phase overhead power line. The employees had set the new 15.2-meter pole about 2 meters from the existing 13.7-meter pole. The power line conductors were positioned on hot arms attached to the crossarm on the new pole. A step-seven apprentice power line worker on the crew was working from an aerial lift. As he was using a handline to pull a guy up to install it on the pole, he contacted the center phase conductor with the back of his neck and upper back and received an electric shock. He died of his injuries 2 days after the accident.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	112535760			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	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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