Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 595264 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 595264 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 07/12/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109081877	07/19/1993	9711	0	U.S. Marine Corps

Abstract: Two power line workers were replacing a 50-kilovolt-ampere transformer on a 30-foot-tall utility pole. The employees were working from an insulated aerial lift. The 12470/7200-volt primary overhead power line was disconnected from the transformers by opening fused cutouts on the pole. One of the employees contacted the energized primary and then touched the ungrounded transformer on which the other employee was working. Both employees received severe electric shocks and were hospitalized. The employee who had been working on the transformer died of cardiac arrest 2 days after the accident.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, 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	109081877			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
2	109081877			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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