Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2765568 - Kentucky Power Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Ky Labor Cabinet Division Of Osh Compliance

Investigation Summary

A THREE-MAN CREW WAS ASSIGNED TO REPAIR A DOWNED 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CREW FIRST STOPPED TO CHECK A CUTOUT. THE CREW'S FIRST TASK WAS TO REMOVE A TREE WHICH HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE OVERHEAD LINE AND ACROSS THE ROAD. BOTH THE OVERHEAD LINE AND THE NEUTRAL HAD BEEN BROKEN BY THE TREE. THE CREW LEADER THEN INDICATED THAT THE PRIMARY AND THE NEUTRAL WERE TO BE REPAIRED FROM THE AERIAL LIFT. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES PULLED THE PRIMARY OVER HIS HEAD WITH A HOT STICK, THEN GRABBED THE PRIMARY WITH HIS BARE HAND, BELIEVING IT TO BE DEENERGIZED. (A FLAG INDICATED THAT THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE HAD BEEN DEENERGIZED.) HOWEVER, THE LINE WAS, IN FACT, ENERGIZED; AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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