Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 763227 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 763227 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 09/21/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111055232	09/24/1990	1731	0	Greenbrier Cablevision

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT HAD FINISHED SERVICING A CABLE TO AN AMPLIFIER LOCATED 22 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE MANIPULATED THE BOOM UPWARD, AND IT CONTACTED THE NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR OF A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WITH HIS HAND ON THE METAL CONTROL LEVER, THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WHICH WAS 29 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, HE FELL, THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE AERIAL LIFT BUCKET, 15 FEET TO THE AERIAL LIFT TRUCK BED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, E TC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111055232			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers

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