Inspection Detail
Inspection: 304472632 - Mountaineer Construction Company
Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office
Site Address:
Mountaineer Construction Company
1013 9th St
Slidell, LA 70461
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2480, Boone, NC 28607
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1799
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 08/27/2001
Emphasis: S:Construction, S:Construction Fatalities
Case Closed: 06/14/2002
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 100552611 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | ||||||
| Initial Penalty | $2,100 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,100 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100268 B07 | 12/10/2001 | 12/20/2001 | $0 | $2,100 | $0 | 01/15/2002 | J - ALJ Decision | Citation has been deleted. |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 24, 2001, Employee #1, a lineman, and a coworker, who was serving as a groundsman and as the bucket truck driver, were installing fiber optic cable on utility poles at a height of approximately 24 ft 4 in. The poles also carried energized, 13.6-kilovolt, phase-to-phase, electrical power lines located above where they were working. Employee #1 had finished with the cable anchor point at one utility pole and was ready to move to the next pole. He told his coworker using the bucket-to-truck intercom that he had rotated the boom and work platform of the metal Cable Placer bucket away from the utility pole and was ready to go to the next one. The coworker began to drive slowly, at almost idle speed, along the level, paved street. He was approximately half way between the poles when he noticed that the high voltage line nearest the street was bouncing. The coworker stopped the truck, got out, and saw Employee #1 collapsed in the bucket. He used the ground controls to lower the bucket and removed Employee #1 before radioing for assistance. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to a hospital emergency room that was two to three blocks away; he was pronounced dead at 2:16 p.m. Subsequent investigation found that at the point in the roadway where electrical current had passed through the rear tires of the truck and into the street, the height of the street-side phase, where Employee #1 apparently contacted the powerline, was approximately 24 ft 9 in. This was only 5 in. above the height of the cable that Employee #1 had been working on at the previous pole.
Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, AERIAL LIFT
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 304472632 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported |
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