Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 954925 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONDUIT

Accident Summary Nr: 954925 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105745301	05/10/1990	4911	0	Pringce George Electric Coopertive

Abstract: An apprentice power line worker was working inside a substation, unloading a stake-bed truck. He unloaded an aluminum reel rack for holding wire reels. He then removed a 3-meter-long piece of metal conduit used to support reels on the rack. While he was unloading the conduit, it contacted an energized part on a 19.9-kilovolt transformer. The apprentice was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, CONDUIT, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRANSFORMER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105745301			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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