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Accident: 103140.015 - Power Line Worker Incurs Electric Shock And Burn
Accident: 103140.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/13/2018 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1295279.015 | 02/14/2018 | Pike Electric, Llc | |||||
| At 12:30 p.m. on February 13, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was working from an aerial lift and engaged in maintenance work on an energized high voltage power line. Employee #1 sustained an electric shock and burn. Employee #1 was wearing the appropriate rubber and leather gloves, but the gloves were found to have holes in the left thumb after the incident. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for second degree electric burns to his left thumb, left leg near the ankle, and left thigh. | |||||||
Keywords:
power line worker, burn, elec utility work, electrician, leg, power lines, glove, electric shock, construction, thumb, ppe
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Powerline, transmission line | Alteration or rehabilitation | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 1295279.015 | 35 | M | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Electrical power installers and repairers | |