Inspection Detail

Inspection: 102281201 - Ernest P Breaux Electrical Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

Inspection Nr: 102281201

Report ID: 0625700

Date Opened: 09/11/1992

Site Address:
Ernest P Breaux Electrical Inc.
728 Myrtle St.
Morgan City, LA 70380

Mailing Address:
2812 Broken Arrow Rd., New Iberia, LA 70562

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/11/1992

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/15/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360157473

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14396048

Event: 09/03/1992

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

A POWER LINE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM AN INSULATED AERIAL LIFT, REPAIRING A SINGLE-PHASE 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. LIGHTNING HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE DISTANCE, ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY. COWORKERS HEARD THE POWER LINE WORKER YELL AND SAW HIM HOLDING HIS RIGHT FOREARM WITH HIS LEFT GLOVED HAND. HE HAD NO RUBBER INSULATING GLOVE ON HIS RIGHT HAND AT THAT TIME. (EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO WORK EVERYTHING ENERGIZED FROM GROUND TO GROUND.) THE COWORKERS LOWERED THE INJURED EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND, GOT HIM OUT OF THE AERIAL LIFT, AND ADMINISTERED CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CONTINUED TREATMENT UNTIL THE INJURED EMPLOYEE REACHED THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE CORONER RULED THAT HE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION. THE AERIAL LIFT AND RUBBER INSULATING GLOVES WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE SOURCE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S ELECTRIC SHOCK COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CPR, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LIGHTNING, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102281201			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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