Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116744.015 - Employee working on electrical transmission line is electroc

Accident Summary Nr: 116744.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405043.015	05/31/2019		238210	Thompson Electric, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, employed by an electrical services company, was working from an aerial lift and attempting to remove a grounding lead from an electrical transmission line. He used his gloved hands rather than the hot stick that had been provided. Employee #1 received a fatal electrical shock through his gloves.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Construction, Electrical, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Glove, Grounding Electrode, PPE, Power Line Worker

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		New project or new addition				20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405043.015	53	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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