Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441341 - One employee electrocuted, one burned by power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202441341 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
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
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

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