Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14411326 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU STRAND

Accident Summary Nr: 14411326 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 05/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123272106	05/06/2000	1623	0	Horizon Communication Inc.

Abstract: A communications employee was standing in water in a ditch, holding 6-millimeter-diameter, galvanized steel suspension strand. Another employee was working from on a utility pole. The second employee was installing a bracket for the new strand. An existing, corroded bracket on the utility pole broke, allowing the neutral conductor for an overhead power line to contact the 120-volt circuit for a streetlight. The streetlighting conductor then contacted the strand, energizing it. The employee holding the strand, who was not wearing rubber insulating gloves, was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, E TC, ELECTROCUTED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SUSPENSION STRAND, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123272106			Fatality	Electric Shock	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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