Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 707117 - BURNS AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 707117 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 01/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18812156	01/19/1987	1793	0	Blumenthal-Kahn Electric Ltd. Partnership

Abstract: A JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR HOT SPOTS IN OVERHEAD POWER LINES. THE LINEMAN WAS ASSISTED BY A GROUNDMAN WHO HAD BEEN GOING UP IN AN AERIAL LIFT WITH HIM. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THE LINEMAN WENT TO A SUBSTATION WHERE NO PROBLEM HAD BEEN INDICATED. HE CLIMBED OUT OF HIS SUSPENDED BUCKET ONTO THE TOP STEEL OF THE SUBSTATION AND PLACED HIMSELF CLOSE TO ENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT LINES. HE THEN TRIED TO USE A WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN A DEENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT CONNECTION WHICH WAS NEAR AN ENERGIZED 34.5-KILOVOLT LINE. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS FINGERS, WRISTS, ANKLES, AND FEET. HE THEN FELL 25-FEET TO THE GROUND, CAUSING FRACTURES AND INTERNAL INJURIES. HE DIED THE NEXT DAY AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18812156			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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