Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953810 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU WOOD POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 953810 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 05/21/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105772859	05/22/1992	1623	0	Davis H. Elliott Co., Inc.

Abstract: A POWER LINE WORKER AND HIS FOREMAN WERE REPLACING A UTILITY POLE. THE REPLACEMENT POLE WAS A 50-FOOT WOODEN POLE. THE POWER LINE WORKER WAS GUIDING THE POLE INTO POSITION. THE FOREMAN WAS CONTROLLING A POLE-LIFTING BOOM. THE POLE WAS BEING PLACED BETWEEN TWO PHASE CONDUCTORS OF A 19.9-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE POWER LINE WORKER WAS WEARING RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES. AS HE WAS GUIDING THE POLE INTO POSITION, THE POWER LINE WORKER SLIPPED AND PUSHED THE POLE INTO THE OVERHEAD LINE. HE CONTACTED THE POLE WITH AN UNINSULATED PART OF HIS BODY AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105772859			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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