Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201440013 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201440013 -- Report ID: 0316120 -- Event Date: 06/24/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116047036	06/25/1996	4911	0	Pepco

Abstract: An apprentice power line worker was standing next to a utility pole where a deenergized overhead power line was dangling. Unaware that a line crew had arrived to make repairs, a load dispatcher reenergized the 13-kilovolt line from a remote location. The power line moved as a result of being reenergized and struck the apprentice across the top part of his hands. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116047036			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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