Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202317301 - Electric Shock - Direct Contact with Energized Parts

Accident Summary Nr: 202317301 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/13/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304708092	08/14/2001	4911	0	Florida Power & Light Company

Abstract: Two utility workers were in a residential area to locate and repair an electrical problem that was causing a street light not to work. The problem was with a 120-volt circuit, and it was located in an underground electrical vault called a "hand hole" in the backyard of a house. One of the two employees, a journeyman lineman, removed his rubber protective insulated gloves and reached into the hand hole to repair the electrical problem. His hand contacted a part energized at 120 volts, and he was electrocuted. The other employee, a groundsman, was on the other side of the house at the time of the accident, and he was not injured.

Keywords: E GI II, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, E GI III, ELECTRICAL VAULT, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E GI VI, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304708092			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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