Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107697.015 - Employee installing overhead power line is shocked, burned

Accident Summary Nr: 107697.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1333179.015	07/26/2018		237110	Mastec Services Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on July 24, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a power transmission services company, was installing new overhead electrical lines. He made contact with an energized, 7,200-volt line and was shocked and burned. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for electric shock and third-degree burns.

Keywords: Burn, Construction, Contact, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical, Electrician, Energized, Installing, Overhead Power Line, Power Line Worker, Power Lines, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition			0	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1333179.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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