Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780245 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - INDUCED CURRENT IN OVERHEAD POWER LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200780245 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122175664	11/20/1997	1731	0	Chapman Construction Co.

Abstract: A power line crew was upgrading an overhead power line. One of the power line workers on the crew removed a protective ground that should not have been removed. The employee received a fatal electric shock from induced current in the power line.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, PROTECTIVE GROUNDING, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, INDUCED CURRENT, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122175664			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power 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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