Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201405412 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201405412 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/20/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127043628	06/21/2001	1623	0	Great Lakes Power & Pipe

Abstract: A power line crew was installing conductors on new utility poles. One of the crew members climbed a pole to deenergize a 7,200-volt tap. He contacted a phase conductor and received an electric shock and sustained electrical 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

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	127043628			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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