Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2579209 - Anderson Passarelli & Associates

Inspection Information - Office: Arizona Division Of Occupational Safety And Health (Adosh)

Inspection Nr: 2579209

Report ID: 0950411

Date Opened: 10/10/1986

Site Address:
Anderson Passarelli & Associates
1 Mi E Of Vail Rd Adjacent To Rr Track
Vail, AZ 85641

Mailing Address:
288 N Church Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/16/1986

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/10/1986

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360104061

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 978528

Event: 10/09/1986

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE

A SURVEYING TECHNICIAN FOR AN ENGINEERING FIRM WAS SURVEYING A SITE FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LAYING OUT A PLASTIC PANEL TO FORM A CROSS FOR THE CENTER SECTION MARKER. THIS MARKER WAS LOCATED ON A RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY BENEATH SOME OVERHEAD RAILWAY POWER LINES. (THE POWER LINES WERE USED TO CHARGE STORAGE BATTERIES THAT SUPPLIED POWER TO THE RAIL SIGNALLING SYSTEM.) THE 240-VOLT POWER LINES WERE ONLY 4 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT THE TOP OF A HILL WHERE THE MARKER WAS TO BE PLACED. THE SURVEYOR WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION UNDER THE POWER LINES; AND, WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE CONTACTED THE LINES AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, UNGUARDED LIVE PARTS, UNTRAINED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2579209			Fatality	Electric Shock	Surveying and mapping technicians

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