Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201171501 - Employee injured when rolling lift truck strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201171501 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125809012	01/29/2002	1731	0	Hsi Telecommunications

Abstract: On January 25, 2002, Employee #1 was installing cable television lines. He had stopped his vehicle at a pole and had elevated himself up to the cable lines to determine what work was necessary at this location. Employee #1 had shut off the the truck engine so he could hear as he talked on the telephone. While he was in the elevated basket, the truck began to roll backward down the grade of the road. The boom and basket struck a 12-kilovolt power line and Employee #1 was thrown from the basket. He was found hanging by his safety harness and lanyard when power company employees arrived and lowered him to the ground. Employee #1 received an electrical shock and sustained burns to his left leg, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, EJECTED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, UNMANNED, AERIAL LIFT, BACKING UP, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000		14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125809012			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Inspectors, testers and graders	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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