Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362992 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Installing Telephone Cable

Accident Summary Nr: 202362992 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/16/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310348669	10/16/2006	4813	517110	Verizon Maryland, Inc.

Abstract: On October 16, 2006, Employee #1, a communications installer, was running telephone cable from an uninsulated bucket. He was electrocuted and killed, when he contacted a 7,600-volt phase to ground power line above ground.

Keywords: INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310348669			Fatality	Electric Shock	Telephone installers and repairers

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