Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 64291.015 - Power line worker is electrocuted by contact with energized

Accident Summary Nr: 64291.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/08/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
984022.015	07/09/2014		221122	East Mississippi Electric Power Association

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on July 8, 2014, an employee was working for an electric power distribution utility. He was a member of a crew of power line workers. They were tapping into an existing overhead power line and routing a new power line to a meter pole located approximately 270 meters (880 feet) away. The employee was connecting overhead power lines to a transformer on a utility pole. A transformer had been installed on a dead-end pole next to the meter pole. As the employee was connecting the transformer to the new power line, the power line became energized, at 14.4 kV. Protective grounds had not been applied. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: Construction, E C (construction), Elec Utility Work, Electric Meter, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line, Power Line Worker, Protective Grounding, Transformer, Utility Pole, Work Rules

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	984022.015	46	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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