Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99136.015 - Employee Installing Optical Fiber Cable On Electric Utility

Accident Summary Nr: 99136.015 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 09/15/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1264838.015	09/15/2017		237130	Keps Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on September 15, 2017, Employee #1 was installing optical fiber cable on existing electric utility poles. He was tasked with the installation of a new fiber optic cable along the horizontal communication zone of the electric utility's supply poles. Employee #1 used a mounted rotating platform on a vehicle that was positioned along a roadside. As he pulled or jigged the fiber optic cable from a stationary position through a three-hole clamp mounted on the cable's strand line near the pole, the pole's guy-wire became energized after contacting a 7,200 volt supply conductor. With energization of the guy-wire and his hand on the grounded fiber optic strand line, he completed a circuit to ground that caused him to receive severe electric shock and burns. Employee #1 was transported to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries and died.

Keywords: Burn, Electric Shock, Electrical, Elevated Work Platform, Installing, Optical Fiber Cable, Overhead Power Line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1264838.015	19	M	Fatality		Telecomm: Line Installers And Repairers

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