Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202043758 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 202043758 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 06/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301492310	06/04/1998	4911	0	Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

Abstract: A power line worker had climbed a substation structure. Other employees on the site were not aware of the power line worker's activities, and the reason he climbed the structure was not known. The power line worker contacted or got too close to a 46-kilovolt lightning arrestor and received an electric shock. Upon hearing the electric arc, the other employees looked up and saw the injured worker being thrown from the structure, engulfed in flame. The coworkers rendered first aid and summoned emergency medical services. The injured employee was hospitalized with burns over 40 to 45 percent of his body.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ELECTRIC ARC, LIGHTNING ARRESTER, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301492310			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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