Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201401346 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201401346 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127288298	12/23/1997	1623	0	City Of Portland

Abstract: A power line worker was working from an aerial lift on a project to convert an overhead power line to underground. While he was attaching the terminators to the underground conductors coming up the utility pole, he contacted an exposed energized conductor with his elbow. He received an electric shock and burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127288298			Hospitalized injury	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Other

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