Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201701588 - Employee electrocuted while removing guardrail from road

Accident Summary Nr: 201701588 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 11/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306600537	11/03/2003	1611	237310	Columbia River Contractors Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306600545	11/03/2003	1611	237310	Mccafferty Whittle Construction Co Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306600552	11/03/2003	9621	926120	State Of Oregon Department Of Transportation

Abstract: At approximately 12:40 p.m. on November 3, 2003, Employee #1 was using a punch machine to remove a guardrail on the side of a road near Pilot Rock, OR. His hands were touching the guardrail when the punch machine contacted a 7,200 volt, overhead power line. The current passed through the machine to the railing and then to Employee #1. He was transported to a local hospital in Pendleton, OR, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PPE, WORK RULES, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306600537	Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	306600545			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	306600552			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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