Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200980589 - Employee electrocuted in contact with high voltage line

Accident Summary Nr: 200980589 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 05/24/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307816066	05/25/2005	1623	237130	Northeast Wyoming Construction Company Llc

Abstract: On May 24, 2005, Employee #1 climbed a wooden utility pole in preparation for installing three new overhead power lines. As he and his coworkers were getting ready to lay a new line in a different direction. Employee #1 climbed the lower take-off arm. He was standing on it when he slipped and grabbed the existing, energized 14,400-volt line that was attached to the top cross-arm. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		36	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307816066			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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