Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201311321 - Electric Shock - Possible Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201311321 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 12/06/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308287374	12/06/2004	4911	221122	Jersey Central Power & Light

Abstract: A power line worker was working from the bucket of an articulating-boom aerial lift, connecting a 120/240-volt service line to an overhead secondary line above him. A coworker on the ground noticed that the power line worker was unresponsive, and he lowered the bucket to the ground. Emergency medical services transported the injured employee to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. (The original form stated that the employee suffered a cardiac arrest, but did not indicate whether it was caused by an electric shock.)

Keywords: HEART, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, CARDIAC ARREST, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308287374			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers

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