Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 762922 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 762922 -- Report ID: 0454734 -- Event Date: 04/11/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107913998	04/11/1989	9311	0	Knoxville Utility-Operations

Abstract: A POWER LINE CONSTRUCTION CREW WAS INSTALLING 69-KILOVOLT SWITCHES WEIGHING ABOUT 250 POUNDS EACH. THE SWITCHES WERE BEING INSTALLED NEAR THE TOP OF A 90-FOOT UTILITY POLE. THE POLE SUPPORTED TWO CIRCUITS OF DIFFERENT VOLTAGES. THE TOP CIRCUIT, WHERE THE SWITCHES WERE TO BE INSTALLED, WAS 69 KILOVOLTS AND WAS DEENERGIZED. THE BOTTOM CIRCUIT WAS 13 KILOVOLTS. IT WAS NOT DEENERGIZED, NOR WAS IT PROTECTED BY INSULATING GUARDS. A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO POSITION THE SWITCHES FOR INSTALLATION. THE CRANE BOOM WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE POLE. THE LOAD LINE AND HOOK WAS HANGING ABOUT 6 OR 7 FEET FROM THE ENERGIZED CIRCUIT. PRESUMABLY, EITHER THE LOAD LINE OR THE LOAD CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES ON THE CREW. (THE SECOND PAGE OF OSHA 170 FORM, WHICH SHOULD HAVE DESCRIBED HOW CONTACT OCCURRED, WAS MISSING.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, SUSPENDED LOAD, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107913998			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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