Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361300 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 201361300 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302396924	07/16/2000	1731	0	Cannon Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An employee working from an aerial lift was replacing an insulator at substation. The employee, who was not wearing flame-resistant clothing, was wearing rubber insulating gloves but not rubber insulating sleeves. His arm contacted a disconnect switch, and he received an electric shock passing from arm to arm. The employee's shirt ignited. Other employees lowered the injured employee to the ground, removed him from the bucket, and extinguished his burning shirt. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLOTHING, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, POWER LINE WORKER, INSULATOR, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302396924			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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