Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403151 - Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Pole Ground

Accident Summary Nr: 201403151 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/14/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127025948	07/15/1999	1623	0	Tci Of Michigan Inc

Abstract: An employee was attaching a bonding jumper for a new communication cable strand. He was electrocuted when he contacted an energized ground on a utility pole.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, COMMUNICATION CABLE, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, STRAND INSTALLATION, SYSTEM GROUNDING, UTILITY POLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127025948			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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