Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 693317 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 693317 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 05/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126603075	05/27/1997	4911	0	Central Virginia Electric Cooperative

Abstract: A power line worker had replaced a circuit breaker on a utility pole. He removed his rubber insulating gloves to perform some work and failed to don them again. Wearing only leather gloves, he reached around the pole to reattach his positioning strap. When he did so, he contacted a 7000-volt overhead power line with his left hand. (The current entry and exit points were his left and right hands.) The employee received an electric shock and fell about 9.1 meters to the ground. He died, apparently as a result of injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126603075			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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