Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 781195 - Electric Shock - Aerial Lift Contact with Overhead Line

Accident Summary Nr: 781195 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112339593	08/09/1991	1623	0	Dobson Power Line Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working from an aerial lift, installing a guy. He was holding the guy in one hand and operating the boom of the aerial lift with the other. The uninsulated portion of the boom contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, resulting in the electrocution of the employee in the aerial lift. An employee on the ground also received an electric shock, for which he was hospitalized. He had been standing on the ground holding the coiled guy at the time of the accident.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, GUY, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112339593			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers
2	112339593			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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