Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 90406.015 - Employee Is Electrocuted While Installing Storm Hardening Sy

Accident Summary Nr: 90406.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 11/07/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1189833.015	11/08/2016		238210	Meade Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:50 p.m. on November 7, 2016, an employee was installing a new Hendrix Storm Hardening System at a remote work site. The employee was in the process of making the ground connection between the cable messenger and the utility pole when he made contact with a 12kV distribution keeper arm. He was electrocuted and had suffered several burns. A coworker began CPR and emergency services were contacted. The employee was airlifted to the University Madison Burn Center where he was hospitalized and died at 1:15 a.m. on November 8, 2016.

Keywords: Burn, Electrical, Electrocuted, Power Line Worker

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1189833.015	30	M	Fatality		Electricians

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