Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344124 - Employee electrocuted installing lines for new power poles

Accident Summary Nr: 201344124 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309886323	06/15/2006	1623	237130	Bird Electric

Abstract: On June 14, 2006, Employee #1, a first-year apprentice electrician, was working with a journeyman electrician to install new three-phase conductors for newly set utility poles. They were working from bucket trucks when Employee #1's head contacted the energized phase, and he was electrocuted. Due to the high winds, neither of the workers was wearing a hard hat.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, HEAD, HIGH WIND, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309886323			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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