Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094893 - Employee not injured when power line energized

Accident Summary Nr: 201094893 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/15/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126135375	08/15/2001	1623	0	Cablecom

Abstract: At approximately 10:10 a.m. on August 15, 2001, Employee #1, a cable technician, was secured in a tree and was running a new TV cable through the tree from one power pole to another. As he was working, the insulator holding the power line to the power pole in the next pole up the line cracked and fell apart. This caused the line to energize the tree in which Employee #1 was stationed. He was transported to the Emergency Room at the local hospital, where he was found to have suffered no injuries and was released. It was determined that this was an uncontrollable accident and that the employer could not have prepared for it.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, INSULATOR, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC UTILITY WORK

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126135375			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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