Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 514547 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH UNDERGROUND LINE THRU ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 514547 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/13/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101427011	09/14/1989	1623	0	Highlines Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: TWO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION HELPERS FOR A POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION FIRM WERE INSTALLING A NEW UNDERGROUND CABLE. THEY HAD TO RUN THIS CABLE UNDER SOME TREE ROOTS. THEY DUG A BORING PIT 36 INCHES DEEP, THEN STARTED PUSHING A 10-FOOT-LONG STEEL ROD BY HAND TO BORE A HOLE UNDER THE ROOTS. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE PUSHING ON THE ROD WHEN IT PENETRATED A 120-VOLT, 200- TO 300-AMPERE SERVICE ENTRANCE CABLE. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, E PTD, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101427011			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades
2	101427011			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades

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