Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200758183 - Employee electrocuted stringing new overhead power lines

Accident Summary Nr: 200758183 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309184422	06/15/2006	1623	237130	Davis H. Elliot Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 4:40 p.m. on June 13, 2006, Employee #1, of Davis H. Elliot Construction, was working from a utility pole to string new overhead power lines when he contacted a 7,200-kilovolt line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, 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
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309184422			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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