Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105796064 - Uinta County Fire Protection

Inspection Information - Office: Wyoming Department Of Workforce Services - Osha Division

Investigation Summary

An employee was supervising five firefighters trying to remove a cat from a utility pole that supported a 7200-volt, three-phase overhead power line. The firefighting crew placed a metal ladder between the roadside phase conductor and the neutral conductor. The supervisor climbed the ladder to remove the cat from the insulator for the far-side phase conductor. As he reached for the cat, it jumped; and the employee contacted the phase conductor with his left hand. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, METAL LADDER, UNTRAINED