Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 687020 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 687020 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 07/03/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105796064	07/05/1988	9199	0	Uinta County Fire Protection

Abstract: An employee was supervising five firefighters trying to remove a cat from a utility pole that supported a 7200-volt, three-phase overhead power line. The firefighting crew placed a metal ladder between the roadside phase conductor and the neutral conductor. The supervisor climbed the ladder to remove the cat from the insulator for the far-side phase conductor. As he reached for the cat, it jumped; and the employee contacted the phase conductor with his left hand. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105796064			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, firefighting & fire prevention occupa

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