Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 845396 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 845396 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 01/12/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122485535	01/17/1996	1731	0	Merkel Electric Co., Inc.

Abstract: A four-person electric utility crew was installing street lights at a US Department of Transportation highway project. The ground worker on the crew was holding a 9.1-meter-tall (30-foot-tall) aluminum pole to guide it into its base. An 5.3-meter-long (17.4-foot-long) arm with a streetlighting fixture was attached to the pole. The pole tilted and swung into an adjacent 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line, electrocuting the ground worker. The current entry and exit points were the employee's left hand and his left knee and shin.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122485535			Fatality	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction

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