Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344744 - One Employee Is Killed, Two Are Burned in Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 201344744 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/06/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311791446	08/06/2008	1623	237130	Par Electrical Contractors

Abstract: At approximately 08:45 a.m. on August 6, 2008, Employees #1, #2, #3 and a coworker, a four-member electrical line crew, was installing new poles at the job site. Employees #1 and #2 were pushing and guiding a 50-ft tall pole to place in a 7-ft deep hole that was just dug, and which was adjacent to existing electrical pole. As the pole was being moved, it came in contact with the unprotected 115,000 kvw energized transmission lines. Employee #1 was burned in his shoulder and died at the scene from the electric shock. Employee #2 was burned in his abdomen and Employee #3 was severely burned in his hands. Employees #2 and #3 were transported by Air Ambulance to a hospital in Wichita, Kansas. They were hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ABDOMEN, SHOULDER, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311791446	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	311791446	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
3	311791446	Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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