Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 601500 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 601500 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/06/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109713354	02/08/1993	1623	0	Fiber-Pro, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109716829	02/19/1993	1623	0	C.C. Communications Of S.W. Florida, Inc.

Abstract: A THREE-PERSON POWER LINE CREW WAS SETTING A 45-FOOT-TALL PRESSURE-TREATED UTILITY POLE UNDER A 230-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE POWER LINE WAS 43 FEET, 10 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WERE TO SET THE POLE. THE CREW WAS USING A PITMAN UNI/DYNE II TURRET POLECAT BOOM MOUNTED ON A GMC TRUCK TO SET THE POLE. THE SUPERVISOR WAS OPERATING THE LIFTING EQUIPMENT, WHILE THE OTHER TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE USING THEIR HANDS GUIDE THE BUTT END OF THE POLE INTO ITS HOLE. THE POLE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES GUIDING THE POLE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE AND RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: BURN, BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109713354	Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
2	109713354	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
3	109716829			Occupation Not Listed

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