Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201982030 - Electric Shock & Burn - Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201982030 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303724736	07/06/2000	1623	0	Hillcrest Electric, Inc.

Abstract: A power line worker was adjusting a rubber insulating blanket to insulate an overhead power line from a metal utility pole. He apparently brought his hand close enough to the bottom of the saddle on a hot arm to generate a phase-to-ground fault from the energized conductor in the cradle to the grounded metal pole. The employee received an electric shock, and the ensuing electric arc burned him. He was hospitalized with third-degree burns to his forearms.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303724736			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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