Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202086567 - Employee electrocuted installing conductor spacers

Accident Summary Nr: 202086567 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 11/11/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305121618	11/12/2003	1623	237130	Par Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On November 11, 2003, Employee #1, a lineman, was putting in conductor spacers on newly installed high voltage transmission lines. The new lines ran parallel to energized 345 kilovolt lines. He was using a conductor cart that rode on the conductors when he contacted a temporary, protective ground that had been dislodged. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION

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		150	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305121618			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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