Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 888206 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 888206 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 11/02/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108409566	11/03/1988	9311	0	Montgomery County Govt Div Of Traffic Engineering

Abstract: An employee was installing a span wire for a traffic signal light. To get into position to perform his work, he was operating an aerial lift with a 10.7-meter-long boom. He apparently contacted a secondary overhead power line, and his hand froze on the controls in the bucket. Consequently, the aerial lift continued raising the employee into a 13-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICIAN, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL WORK, AERIAL LIFT CONTROLS, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108409566			Fatality	Electric Shock	Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers

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