Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202441341 - One employee electrocuted, one burned by power line
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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125882779 | 08/02/2005 | 1731 | 238210 | Pouk & Steinle, Inc |
Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on August 2, 2005, Employees #1 and #2, both journeyman linemen for an electrical construction contractor, were in a truck-mounted aerial lift basket raising a 10 ft crossarm to install it on a new power pole. They were raising the crossarm above the existing 12-kilovolt power line when the hardware/copper bonded wire around the crossarm contacted the overhead line. Employee #1 was electrocuted; he was taken to Desert Valley Regional Medical Center in Victorville, CA, where he was pronounced dead. Employee #2 sustained flash burns was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center for treatment. Neither employee had been wearing insulated rubber gloves, gloves with sleeves, or the equivalent protection from high voltage.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Powerline, transmission line | Alteration or rehabilitation | $50,000 to $250,000 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 125882779 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Electricians | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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2 | 125882779 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Electricians | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause |