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Case Status: OPEN |
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Inspection Information - Office: Appleton | ||||
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| Nr: 1511027.015 | Report ID: 0521100 | Open Date: 01/21/2021 | ||
| Alliant Energy | ||||
| 4811 Venture Drivenull Sheboygan, WI 53083 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 237130/Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | ||||
| Mailing: 4421 Tower Drivenull, Sheboygan, WI 53081 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 01/21/2021 | |
| Close Case: | ||||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Referral | 1723005 | Yes | ||
| Referral | 1724640 | Yes | ||
| Accident | 1723612 | |||
| Referral | 1723026 | Yes | ||
Case Status: OPEN |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $13,653 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13,653 |
| Current Penalty | $13,653 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13,653 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100269 C01 I | 05/19/2021 | 06/17/2021 | $13,653 | $13,653 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 132756.015 | Event: 01/21/2021 | One Employee Is Electrocuted And Another Is Burned By Offsit | ||||
| At 11:00 a.m. on January 21, 2021, Employees #1 and #2 and two coworkers, employ ed by an energy supply company, were responding to a call from a contractor who was excavating a 200-foot water line addition to a meat market, a multiemployer construction project. The contractor had struck an underground power line betwe en transformer 1 and transformer 2 while excavating. The power line break cause d power to be lost at the meat market and a neighboring facility. The four ene rgy supply company employees were working to repair the broken underground power lines. Employee #2 shut the power off at the pole and placed grounding straps on the secondary compartment of transformer 1. Employee #2 joined Employee #1 on the west side of the excavation while their coworkers worked elsewhere. Whe n the power was interrupted, a generator in the facility next door started autom atically and began providing power to the facility's office. Approximately 30 m inutes later, an employee from the neighboring facility threw a manual switch co nnected to a generator to supply electricity to the facility's warehouse. The e lectricity back-fed through the ungrounded transformer 2 to where Employees #1 a nd Employee #2 were working. Both employees received an electric shock from the backfeed. Employee #1 was killed by electrocution. Employee #2 sustained seve re burns to the hands. Employee #2 was transported by emergency services to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of the electrical burns. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, construction, electric shock, electrocuted, equipment grounding, excavation, lockout/tagout, multiemployer, repair, transformer, undrgrd power line, voltage backfeed | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1511027.015 | Hospitalized injury | Electrical power installers and repairers | |||
| 2 | 1511027.015 | Fatality | Electrical power installers and repairers | |||