Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 524371 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 524371 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 10/23/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100576735	10/23/1992	1731	0	Icg Electric

Abstract: Two employees were in an aerial lift, connecting a light that was installed next to a trailer. One of them had disconnected the jumper from the primary side of a transformer, leaving the conductor attached to the hot stick. However, he did not remove the jumper from the secondary of the transformer. When he touched the end of the disconnected jumper, he received an electric shock from voltage backfeed. He was hospitalized for his injury. (The other employee in the aerial lift was not injured.)

Keywords: VOLTAGE BACKFEED, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100576735			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Electrical power installers and repairers

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