Inspection Detail

Inspection: 102063534 - Harker & Harker Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Nv-E-Reno 0953210

Inspection Nr: 102063534

Report ID: 0953210

Date Opened: 08/01/1990

Site Address:
Harker & Harker Inc
So 5th St & Lomoille Rd
Elko, NV 89801

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/13/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/13/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360762462

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 780114

Event: 07/31/1990

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

A POWER LINE WORKER WAS WAITING FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BRING LIVE-LINE CUTTERS TO CUT A 23-KILOVOLT POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, PROBABLY THROUGH INATTENTION TO THE MINIMUM APPROACH DISTANCE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS. THE CURRENT ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS WERE HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES, HAD HIS RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, AMPUTATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102063534			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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