Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171017163 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 171017163 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 10/30/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126680362	10/30/1995	1623	0	Henkels & Mccoy Inc

Abstract: A power line crew was replacing conductors on an overhead power line. Two power line workers on the crew were in the elevated bucket of an aerial lift. They were tightening a lighting arrester on one of the phases. One of the employees was holding the hot line clamp in one hand and tightening the arrester with a wrench in the other hand. The arrester twisted, and the connector to the fusible disconnect hit the phase conductor that the employee was holding. The employee received an electric shock and was burned. He was hospitalized at a burn center for severe burns to both hands.

Keywords: BURN, ELEC PROTECT EQUIP, LIGHTNING ARRESTER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126680362			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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