Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125578484 - Pacific Gas & Electric

Inspection Information - Office: Fremont District Office

Inspection Nr: 125578484

Report ID: 0950612

Date Opened: 08/27/1997

Site Address:
Pacific Gas & Electric
10900 N. Blaney Ave
Cupertino, CA 95014

Mailing Address:
Po Box 770000 Mailcode B28h, San Francisco, CA 94177

Union Status: Union

SIC:4939

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/18/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/29/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362213779

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201790342

Event: 08/01/1997

EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM TRANSMISSION TOWER

A crew of four employees was assigned to change insulators on a 115-kilovolt overhead power line. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 and a coworker were on a tower changing insulators, which required both employees to free climb up the tower, remove bales from the conductors and hoist, and lower the equipment to the ground for installation. Employee #1 was using his own personal climbing equipment that was to be secured to the structure while he was working in elevated positions. He unhooked his lanyard and stepped onto a conductor. As he was securing himself with the lanyard, he fell about 18.3 meters to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, POWER LINE WORKER, INSULATOR, LANYARD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, FALL, TRANSMISSION TOWER, HIP

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125578484			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers

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