Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201031861 - electric shock - contact with undergrd line thru ground rod

Accident Summary Nr: 201031861 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120302930	12/01/1998	1731	0	California Communication

Abstract: A communications worker was installing a grounding rod near an existing 16-kilovolt underground power line. The approximate location of the power line had been marked on the sidewalk. The employee was pushing a 2.4-meter length of 9.5-millimenter-diameter copper-coated rod into the ground. The rod was part of the grounding system for an underground communication line. The power line was buried 1.5 meters beneath the ground directly under the rod's position. Apparently, the rod pierced the power line, and the employee received an electric shock and burns to his hands, head, shoulder, and legs. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, E TC, UNDRGRD INSTALLATION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, GROUNDING ELECTRODE, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120302930			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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