Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 780957 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 780957 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 12/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2765568	12/17/1987	4911	0	Kentucky Power Co.

Abstract: A THREE-MAN CREW WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR A DOWNED 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CREW FIRST STOPPED TO CHECK A CUTOUT. THE CREW'S FIRST TASK WAS TO REMOVE A TREE WHICH HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE OVERHEAD LINE AND ACROSS THE ROAD. BOTH THE OVERHEAD LINE AND THE NEUTRAL HAD BEEN BROKEN BY THE TREE. THE CREW LEADER THEN INDICATED THAT THE PRIMARY AND THE NEUTRAL WERE TO BE REPAIRED FROM THE AERIAL LIFT. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES PULLED THE PRIMARY OVER HIS HEAD WITH A HOT STICK, THEN GRABBED THE PRIMARY WITH HIS BARE HAND, BELIEVING IT TO BE DEENERGIZED. (A FLAG INDICATED THAT THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE HAD BEEN DEENERGIZED.) HOWEVER, THE LINE WAS, IN FACT, ENERGIZED; AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LOCKOUT, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2765568			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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