Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 800409 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 800409 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301768404	04/21/1998	1731	0	Bigham Cable Construction, Inc.

Abstract: A crew of three cable television workers was lashing a cable television cable to a utility pole. One employee was in an aerial lift; another employee was on the ground assisting; and the third employee was about 0.4 kilometers away, directing traffic. The ground worker noticed the employee in the aerial lift slumped over in the bucket, lying on the controls unconscious. The aerial lift bucket was moving in the direction of an overhead power line. The employees on the ground could not safely reach the emergency shutoff. The bucket went into the power line, electrocuting the employee inside.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CABLE TV WORK, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301768404			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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