Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201610490 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201610490 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 07/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302048285	07/21/1998	1623	0	Mountain Power Construction Company

Abstract: A power line crew was replacing cutouts, jumpers, and insulators on an overhead power line. The crew opened the three cutouts for the overhead line. One of the power line workers climbed the utility pole while a coworker work was going to work next to him from an aerial lift. The bucket was not in a good enough position and needed to be moved. As the employee in the aerial lift began moving the bucket, he and the safety watch heard an electric arc and saw a flash. The employee on the pole apparently moved around the pole and contacted a 14.4-kilovolt jumper with his right hand. The injured employee was hospitalized for the electric shock he received and for burns to his right hand and right ankle.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302048285			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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