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

Accident Summary Nr: 202599841 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/04/2009
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31348108711/04/20091623237130Golden 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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