Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 809558 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GUY

Accident Summary Nr: 809558 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/12/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3057155	10/12/1988	1623	0	Weeks Construction Co.

Abstract: A CREW WAS REPLACING AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO EMPLOYEES FROM THE CREW, A SUPERVISOR AND A POWER LINE WORKER, WERE TAKING UP SLACK IN CONDUCTORS THAT HAD BEEN STRUNG. TWO GUYS HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO A UTILITY POLE THE PREVIOUS DAY, WITH BOTH GUYS ATTACHED TO THE SAME OUTSIDE ANCHOR. THE SUPERVISOR HAD A HOIST ATTACHED TO THE TOP GUY, AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD A HOIST ATTACHED TO THE SECOND GUY. BOTH OF THESE EMPLOYEES WERE JACKING THE HOISTS. THE SECOND GUY HAD TO BE MOVED TO THE INSIDE ANCHOR, SO THE PREFORM WAS UNWRAPPED FROM THE GUY, AND THE HOIST WAS REMOVED. FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, THE SECOND GUY BECAME SLACK, AND THE INSULATING ROD SWUNG DOWN, CONTACTING A 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LINE WORKER, WHO WAS HOLDING THE GUY, AND THE SUPERVISOR, WHO HAD THE END OF THE GUY AGAINST HIS LEG, RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. THE FIRST EMPLOYEE DIED BEFORE REACHING A HOSPITAL, AND HIS SUPERVISOR DIED THE NEXT MORNING.

Keywords: HAND WINCH, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, GUY, ELEC UTILITY WORK, WINCH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3057155			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	3057155			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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