Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360195 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LIGHT POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 201360195 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301029658	02/11/1997	1731	0	Jack Dallas, Inc.

Abstract: An electrical contractor dispatched a crew to repair two streetlights. The employees removed the streetlighting poles from alongside a highway so that they could repair the wiring. The employees located the break in the wiring and began reinstalling one of the poles. They were using the boom on a digger-derrick truck to position the pole. One of the employees started walking the pole toward the concrete pedestal base. The pole shifted and contacted the phase conductor of an overhead power line. It then fell across the neutral conductor. The employee guiding the pole was electrocuted.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		37	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301029658			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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