Inspection Detail

Inspection: 122193329 - Central Illinois Light Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Peoria Area Office

Investigation Summary

An automobile had run into a pad-mounted transformer, and two power line workers were dispatched to repair it. The employees removed the cover from the damaged transformer. One of the employees contacted exposed parts on the 7600-volt, primary side of the transformer and received an electric shock. Attempts to revive him at the scene were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead of electrocution on arrival at a local hospital. Apparently, the second employee also contacted exposed energized parts of the transformer as he was hospitalized for electric shock, for burns to both hands and the calf of his right leg, and for a bruised shoulder.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, CPR, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRANSFORMER