Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 42539.015 - Employee holding ungrounded wire is electricuted

Accident Summary Nr: 42539.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/20/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
897267.015	03/21/2013		238210	Service Electric Company

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on March 20, 2013, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by an electrical contractor, were performing utility work. Employee #1, who was wearing leather gloves, was holding one end of a guy wire, and Coworker #1 was cutting the wire with a large wire cutter. The guy wire was not properly grounded from inductive energy from two overhead power wires carrying 230 KV of electrical energy. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The subsequent investigation reported what appeared to have been thermal burns to Employee #1's left hand, left forearm, and lower extremities.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Elec Utility Work, Electrical, Electrocuted, Glove, Lockout/Tagout, PPE, Power Lines, Wire Line

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	897267.015	30	M	Fatality		Electrical Power-Line

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