Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 800284 - FALL - JUMPED FROM AERIAL LIFT TO AVOID FIRE

Accident Summary Nr: 800284 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/25/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111018701	07/02/1990	1629	0	Y. C. Ballenger Electrical Contractors Inc.

Abstract: A power line worker had gone up in a High Ranger aerial lift bucket to finish setting the sag on the middle phase conductor of an overhead power line and to move a lower overhead power line to another, 45-foot-tall, pole. (The aerial lift had been mounted on a Chevrolet truck--truck No. 459.) Because of an improper hose on his hydraulic tool, the hydraulic oil ignited. The line worker jumped from the bucket to avoid the fire. He sustained head and internal injuries and fractured both arms and one leg. He died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, FIRE, HYDRAULIC FLUID, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111018701			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers

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