Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200642148 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 200642148 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303647051	11/14/2001	1623	0	Maslonka & Associates, Inc.

Abstract: A four-employee crew was setting a new wood utility pole on a single-phase overhead power line. The employees were using a digger derrick and an aerial lift. They used the aerial lift bucket to place line hose on the phase conductor and to pull the conductor out of the way. The operator of the digger began lifting the pole with a load line, and the ground worker, who was wearing leather gloves, was at the butt of the pole directing it into position. The top pin on the pole contacted the uninsulated portion of the phase conductor, electrocuting the ground worker.

Keywords: DIGGER-DERRICK, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303647051			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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