Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201097052 - Electric Shock - Contact with Underground Line thru Shovel

Accident Summary Nr: 201097052 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 02/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126110840	03/09/2004	1794	238910	Leo Tidwell

Abstract: An employee was using a long-bladed shovel to clean out a pothole that had filled with mud from a rainstorm. He contacted a buried, 4-kilovolt power line and received an electric shock that continued until the line was deenergized approximately 20 to 30 minutes later. The employee was electrocuted. The pothole had exposed the underground cable supplying a burring operation. The underground cable had an external grounding conductor wrapped around it, but the insulation on the cable was worn about halfway through.

Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, ELECTRICAL, E GI VI, ELECTROCUTED, SHOVEL, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126110840			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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