Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201350485 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 201350485 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/10/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301023081	03/11/1998	1731	0	Olson Electric Company Inc.

Abstract: Two power line workers were working from an insulated aerial lift, installing armor rods on a 240-kilovolt overhead power line. One of the employees, a supervisor, was using a live-line tool to install the armor rods. The tool contacted the concrete pole and the ground wire hanging from the top of the pole, and current arced from the power line. (The ground wire was connected to the static wire on top of the pole.) The employee holding the live-line tool was electrocuted. His coworker received an electric shock and sustained second- and third-degree burns when the aerial lift burst into flames. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, LIVE-LINE TOOL, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		75	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301023081			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use
2	301023081			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use

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