Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202317053 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - INDUCED CURRENT IN OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 202317053 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/25/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304706823	07/26/2001	1623	0	Dillard Smith Construction Company

Abstract: A power line crew was replacing insulators on a 230-kilovolt overhead power line. Five other circuits ran parallel to the power line on which the crew was working. Two journeyman power line workers on the crew were working from an uninsulated aerial lift. They completed work on the top phase conductor. One of the two employees removed the grounding jumper from the steel arm of the structure before he disconnected it from the phase conductor. He was electrocuted by induced current in the phase conductor.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, INDUCED CURRENT, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304706823			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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