Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201127560 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201127560 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 05/10/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310097811	05/28/2010	1623	237130	Jeffrey Smith Dba Zoecom

Abstract: An employee was working on a 7.6-meter-tall utility pole, installing a communication cable. The communications pole was between two utility poles supporting a 12-kilovolt overhead power line that was about 610 millimeters above the communications line. As he raised his right arm to pull out a cable strand, the employee contacted the power line. The employee received an electric shock and burns to his right shoulder and the back of his right hand. The employee's supervisor used an aerial lift to lower the injured employee. The injured employee was taken to the nearest fire department (about 15 minutes away), which transported him to a medical center via helicopter. He had surgery for his injuries and was hospitalized for 7 days. The employee and supervisor stated, after the accident, that they did not notice the overhead power line, which was sagging near the communications line.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, E TC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, SUSPENSION STRAND, UTILITY POLE, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310097811			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Engineering technicians, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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