Inspection Detail
Inspection: 304553746 - Infinity Cable Corporation Dba Twin Star Cable
Inspection Information - Office: Concord Area Office
Site Address:
Infinity Cable Corporation Dba Twin Star Cable
74 Little River Rd
Kingston, NH 03848
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 661, Epsom, NH 03234
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:4841
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 12/12/2001
Emphasis: L:Ohpwrlne
Case Closed: 01/31/2002
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 100610765 | ||
Referral | 200615557 | Yes |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 5 | 5 | ||||
Current Violations | 5 | 5 | ||||
Initial Penalty | $13,800 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $13,800 |
Current Penalty | $12,420 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12,420 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100268 C | 01/03/2002 | 02/06/2002 | $4,500 | $5,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100268 D01 | 01/03/2002 | 01/09/2002 | $900 | $1,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
3. | 01003 | Serious | 19100268 I01 | 01/03/2002 | 01/09/2002 | $720 | $800 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
4. | 01004 | Serious | 19100333 C03 IB | 01/03/2002 | 01/16/2002 | $4,500 | $5,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
5. | 01005 | Serious | 19100333 C03 IIIB | 01/03/2002 | 01/09/2002 | $1,800 | $2,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
Two employees of Infinity Cable Corporation, dba Twin Star Cable, were removing the slack from a television cable line that had been installed approximately one year earlier. The cable was drooping as the result of a recent storm, and the two Twin Star Cable employees were pulling the line and taking up the slack. Employee #1 had parked an aerial lift truck parallel to the cable run, which was 20 feet above ground level and 9 feet, 6 inches below an overhead power line energized at 19,920 volts phase-to-ground. The vehicle was parked both on (the passenger side) and off (the driver side) the pavement facing the opposing traffic lane. After Employee #1 and his coworker exited the vehicle, the coworker climbed onto the back portion of the truck. He was positioning the boom and basket, neither of which was insulated, from the cradled position, in which the basket was at the front of the vehicle, to a position behind the truck. The coworker operated the boom controls and extended the boom as he raised it. He then rotated the boom counterclockwise, turning it toward the overhead power line. Employee #1, the job foreman, was on the ground on the driver's side of the truck. He contacted the driver's side door at the same time the boom basket contacted the single overhead primary line. Employee #1 was knocked backward and into a depression on the shoulder side of the roadway, coming to rest approximately 10 feet from the driver's side door. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Exeter Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, BOOM, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, TRUCK BOOM
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 304553746 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec |