Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201065729 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - OVERHEAD LINE ENERGIZED BY INDUCED CURRENT

Accident Summary Nr: 201065729 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 11/05/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300791829	11/05/2002	1731	238210	Henkels & Mccoy, Inc

Abstract: A journeyman power line worker was replacing insulators on a 230-kilovolt overhead power line with the assistance an apprentice power line worker. The journeyman was on a 3.7-meter-long Epoxiglas hook ladder (Hubbell-A. B. Chance Catalog No. #H4904-12), which was suspended from the truss of the top arm of the tower supporting the power line. After completing the work, he removed the grounding cables and gave them to the apprentice. As the journeyman was descending the fiberglass ladder, he contacted the power line, which was energized by induced current. The employee sustained an electric shock and fell off the ladder, flipping upside down suspended from his harness. He remained suspended this way for more than 30 minutes. The apprentice climbed the tower and administered cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to his injured coworker. The supervisor relieved the apprentice, who apparently moved away and also contacted energized parts. The apprentice sustained an electric shock and burns. The journeyman was pronounced dead of electrocution just after arriving at the hospital. The apprentice was hospitalized for treatment of his burns and for observation.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CPR, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, INDUCED CURRENT, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300791829			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
2	300791829			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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