Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 564740 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 564740 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 01/07/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107572547	01/08/1992	1623	0	Asplundh Central Line Construction Co.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE ON A POWER LINE CREW WAS WORKING ON THE GROUND. A COWORKER WAS OPERATING AN INSULATED AERIAL LIFT NEAR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND TOUCHED THE AERIAL LIFT TRUCK AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AERIAL LIFT'S BOOM GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE POWER LINE. ELECTRIC CURRENT ARCED TO THE BOOM, AND THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107572547			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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