Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300021813 - Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 300021813

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 01/21/1997

Site Address:
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
155 Raymond Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07105

Mailing Address:
150 Circle Ave., Clifton, NJ 07011

Union Status: Union

SIC:4911

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/02/1997

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/02/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100020171

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200020386

Event: 01/21/1997

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Two power line workers were attaching leads onto transformer bushings. One of the employees held the leads while his coworker cut, shaped, connected, and tightened the leads. The employees then began cleaning up the tools they had used, and the employee who had been holding the leads climbed from the second or third step of the step ladder he was working from to the sixth or seventh step. As he continued up the ladder, he contacted a 24-kilovolt bus and was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LADDER, E PTD, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRANSFORMER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300021813			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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