Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920734 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUCTOR

Accident Summary Nr: 200920734 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 01/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304532179	01/02/2002	1623	0	Domonion Virginia Power

Abstract: A power line worker had attached two conductors (or guys) to the bucket of his aerial lift. As he elevated the bucket over a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line, the conductors contacted the power line while the employee was touching them. He was electrocuted.

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

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304532179			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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