Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201750080 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201750080 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 10/14/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110537222	10/15/1996	1623	0	Par Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: A power line contractor was hired to replace an existing power line in a remote community of Colorado. A power line worker employed by this contractor was working alone in an aerial lift near a 7620-volt overhead power line. He was not wearing rubber insulating gloves even though he was working inside the minimum approach distance for the power line. The employee contacted the power line and was electrocuted.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	110537222			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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