Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2167716 - Dillard Smith Construction Company Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Atlanta East Area Office

Inspection Nr: 2167716

Report ID: 0418100

Date Opened: 04/10/1985

Site Address:
Dillard Smith Construction Company Inc.
2525 Rocky Creek Road
Macon, GA 31206

Mailing Address:
548 Lake Mirror Road, College Park, GA 30349

Union Status: Union

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/10/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/22/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360538623

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$840	$0	$0	$0	$0	$840
Current Penalty	$420	$0	$0	$0	$0	$420
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260556 B02 V	04/19/1985	04/21/1985	$210	$420	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260950 C01	04/19/1985	04/21/1985	$210	$420	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14543094

Event: 04/08/1985

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

A JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN WORKING FROM AN AERIAL LIFT WAS MOVING OVERHEAD POWER LINES FROM AN OLD UTILITY POLE TO A NEW ONE TO FACILITATE A ROAD WIDENING PROJECT. THE 7200-VOLT, THREE-PHASE FEEDER RAN THRU THE NEW POLE, AND A TEMPORARY WOODEN CROSSARM HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON IT SOME WEEKS EARLIER. TWO OF THE THREE PHASES OF THE FEEDER WERE ATTACHED ON TOP OF THE CROSSARM AND WERE COVERED BY RUBBER BLANKETS. THE THIRD LINE RAN BELOW THE CROSSARM, UNATTACHED AND NOT BLANKETED. THE LINEMAN ATTACHED A JUMPER TO THE ORIGINAL NEUTRAL AND MOVED THE AERIAL LIFT UP THE POLE TO A POINT JUST UNDER THE WOODEN CROSSARM, WITH THE CONTROLS UNDER THE ENERGIZED PHASE CONDUCTOR. THE EMPLOYEE MOVED AWAY FROM THE CONTROLS TOWARDS THE POLE SO THAT HE COULD ATTACH THE OTHER END OF THE JUMPER TO THE NEW NEUTRAL. AS HE WAS ATTACHING THE JUMPER, HE LEANED AWAY FROM THE POLE WITH ONE HAND ON THE JUMPER CLIP. THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK THEN CONTACTED THE ENERGIZED PHASE CONDUCTOR. OTHER EMPLOYEES, WHO HEARD THE SOUNDS, LOWERED THE AERIAL LIFT; HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2167716			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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