Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202599841 - Employee Is Electrocuted by Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202599841 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/04/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313481087	11/04/2009	1623	237130	Golden State Utility Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 4, 2009, Employee #1 was working inside the bucket of an Altec aerial device. He was installing a telecommunications line onto a joint utility pole with a high voltage line. When Employee #1 pulled the cable lasher across the strand, the strand contacted the high-voltage line and caused Employee #1 to be electrocuted and killed.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, COMMUNICATION CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UTILITY POLE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313481087			Fatality	Electric Shock	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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