Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 937086 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 937086 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 01/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300500865	01/31/1997	4841	0	Cvi / A Time Warner Company

Abstract: A cable installer was installing a cable television cable from an uninsulated Telsta aerial lift (Model No. T40, Serial No. 540149). The employee was not using personal fall protection equipment while he was working from the bucket of the aerial lift, and he was wearing a baseball-style cap rather than an insulating hard hat. An 8000-volt overhead power line was located about 4.9 meters above the ground. The rigging for the cable television line was located 4.0 and 4.3 meters above the ground. While he was working, the employee contacted the power line with his head and was electrocuted.

Keywords: HEAD, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CABLE TV WORK, PPE, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, AERIAL LIFT, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300500865			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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