Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201321197 - One electrocuted, one burned when pole contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201321197 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 02/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311269153	02/12/2008	1521	236118	Alick Smith General Contractor, Inc.

Abstract: On February 12, 2008, Employees #1 and #2 were erecting a pump jack scaffold when one of the aluminum poles contacted an uninsulated #2 ACSR road phase of a 19.9-kilovolt power line that was 34 ft 11 in. off the ground. Employee #1 was electrocuted and Employee #2 sustained burns to his hands and feet, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ERECTION PROCESS, CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, METAL POLE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311269153			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	311269153			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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