Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 51821 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 51821 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 06/01/1978
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
12951646	06/02/1978	4911	0	West Penn Power

Abstract: An apprentice lineman was operating a digger-derrick to lower a utility pole into a hole. Instead of lowering the boom, however, he inadvertently raised it into a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. This energized the truck, electrocuting the employee.

Keywords: DIGGER-DERRICK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	12951646			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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