Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 952119 - Employee electrocuted when neck contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 952119 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 04/24/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305267692	04/25/2002	1731	0	Winn Caribe Communications, Inc.

Abstract: On April 24, 2002, Employee #1, a lineman, was in an elevated aerial bucket mounted on a truck bed, installing coaxial cable line on a power pole. The rear wheels of the truck were sitting in a shallow ditch. When he completed installing a segment of the new cable, he instructed the operator of the truck to move forward. The rear wheels of the truck pulled forward out of the ditch and up onto the adjacent higher pavement of the road. This raised the elevated bucket into close proximity of the overhead, 14,400-volt power line. The back of Employee #1's neck contacted the energized line, electrocuting him.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, POWER LINE WORKER, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, NECK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000		30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305267692			Fatality	Electric Shock	Telephone line installers and repairers

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