Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 902882 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 902882 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/13/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108620782	08/20/1991	1623	0	Henkels & Mccoy Inc

Abstract: A power line worker was working from the bucket of an aerial lift on a 13.5-kilovolt (7200-volt-to-ground) overhead power line. The employee removed his rubber insulating gloves and began to reconnect the neutral line to an insulator. The employee moved the aerial lift into a phase conductor, energizing the controls that were between the two buckets on the aerial lift. The employee, who was in contact with the controls and the neutral, received an electric shock and third-degree burns to his hand and back. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108620782			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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