Electrical Accidents #9
This page was last updated on 05/06/2010
Electrical Contractor Shocked (an electrical contractor suffered a shock and reportedly caught fire -vworker apparently touched a high-voltage line, but there’s no information about just how powerful the shock was – investigators are on the scene)
Gilmer schools close after worker dies (the sole maintenance man, 47, for the County Schools died while working on a broken heating and air conditioning unit – he was likely was electrocuted sometime in the afternoon)
City water worker electrocuted in bucket (a man installing new city water wells was electrocuted by a power line – the victim died at the scene, and his name has not been released – the man was in a bucket lift when he apparently touched high-voltage electrical lines)
Power-line accident kills man in St. Joseph (one construction worker was killed and another was seriously injured after metal poles they were moving at a house touched a low-hanging power line – worker, 20, died in the accident – he was pronounced dead at a hospital – worker, 23, was injured trying to help his co-worker – witnesses said the accident victims were at the side of the home disassembling metal scaffolding – the owners of two construction companies involved were later arrested for operating without a license)
ARC FLASH Fires burn sheds in Davenport; area worker suffers flash burns (an electrical contractor suffered burns to his face while working on a transformer – man received some second-degree flash burns when there was an arc in the electric power while he was working on the transformer)
Utility worker electrocuted in Greenville County (worker, 43, was working on a pole when he touched a live wire and fell to the ground)
Worker survives 7200-volt shock (a cable worker escaped serious injury after touching a 7,200-volt power line with his head – the 28-year-old worker was pulling cable lines from a bucket truck when his head touched the line – the shock entered his head and went through his right thigh into the bucket – worker stayed conscious and was able to lower the bucket back to the ground)
UPDATE Charges filed against employer of electrocuted worker (worker was killed in November 2002 while installing guard rails – the 23-year-old Mio resident was operating a truck with a pile driver when he died – investigators determined that electricity arced between the boom and an overhead power line at the work site – company is charged with six counts of violating state worker-safety standards – prosecutors say the company was cited for a similar incident involving Green three months before the fatal accident)
UPDATE Quality Belt Maintenance Ltd. Fined $50,000 for Health and Safety Violation (a worker was testing the voltage going into a fuse box in a maintenance building when an electrical flash occurred. The worker suffered burns to the face, neck, hands and forearms. At the time of the incident the worker was troubleshooting an electric “belt roller” (a machine used to wind up spare conveyor belts) which would not start. The worker was injured when a screw holding a wire leading into the fuse box was touched with a testing meter probe)
CL&P worker burned on the job in Granby (a utility worker suffered second and third-degree burns to his fingers while working on overhead wires – the worker was burned when he accidentally came into contact with live wires)
worker killed in power line accident (a construction worker was killed when his concrete pumping truck hit a high-voltage power line – the victim, 30, was preparing to pour cement from the boom truck when the vehicle’s boom touched the power line – the truck caught fire – officials don’t know if the man died from electrocution or in the resulting fire)
Man electrocuted, falls off building (a 25-year-old wall painter was killed after falling off the fourth floor of a building after being electrocuted – the two were painting a building when he touched a live wire and fell off the fourth floor – he died instantly)
UPDATE Fine Proposed For Pike Electric In Utility Worker’s Death (federal officials have proposed $77,000 in fines for a utility in the death of a lineman electrocuted during hurricane repairs – company didn’t isolate an electrical source to protect the worker – he died last July 13 after splicing lines together that became energized from a generator)
Electrical accident at West Town sends two Mall employees to … (a Mall employee is at Vanderbilt Medical Center’s burn unit with facial burns after an electrical accident – two workers were tending to an electrical box – they believe something sparked a brief flash fire, causing facial injuries to one worker – the other victim had more minor injuries and was seen talking with medical personnel while being loaded in an ambulance)
CTA Worker Accidentally Electrocuted On ‘L’ Tracks (a 25-year employee, who had just reported back for work after sick leave, was electrocuted on the Green Line tracks outside of CTA headquarters forcing service to be suspended for about an hour – the 47-year-old administrative employee didn’t need to be on the Green Line tracks when the electrocution occurred – the employee’s job did not require him to be on the tracks, it was unclear why he was)
Man badly burned in 25,000-volt shock (a rail worker suffered 40% burns after receiving an electric shock from an over-head power line – the 45-year-old man was working on the top of a locomotive when he received a shock of 25,000 volts)
UPDATE Shocked worker suing Nstar for $1M (a 19-year-old laborer badly shocked while cleaning a transformer is suing for more than $1 million – claimed “negligence and carelessness” led to the Oct. 15 incident, which injured two other cleaners less severely – lawyer said the incident occurred when the laborers, who worked for a cleaning firm, attempted to polish a transformer the company allegedly failed to power down)
Worker electrocuted (a contract labourer was electrocuted while working on a transformer – was charred to death after he came in contact with a high power cable – suspect power might have been accidentally switched on)
Fire at Johnson Technology sends burned man to hospital (one man was burned and several others suffered from smoke inhalation when a fire broke out – it appears the fire was caused by an electrical short in a box that was being serviced – the apprentice, who was feeding wire while standing behind a wall when the fire broke out, was not injured)
Fire Forces Evacuation Of Hartford High School (a high school was evacuated after a transformer exploded and then caught fire – three electrical workers were injured in the accident – the crew was doing routine work in the transformer room when the explosion happened)
DEATH SHOCK (the 25-year-old died while servicing one of the lottery machines – is believed to have been electrocuted)
PECO worker electrocuted, dies on job (a line worker died after coming into contact with an energized wire – crews were working on power lines in the area when the incident occurred just before 11 a.m. – the worker, 40, was an 18-year veteran and a first-class lineman, the highest in the field progression – was part of an eight-member team that was working to replace a single span of conductor wire – two other members of the team were working on the wires from buckets while he was working with an unenergized wire on the ground, preparing it to be installed – not quite sure what happened next, other than one of the lines broke in mid-span and fell to the ground and contacted the worker either directly or through the wire he was handling)
Worker electrocuted in waterfront mishap (a co-worker tried cardiopulmonary resuscitation when he discovered the 23-year-old not breathing and without a pulse – the man was welding on a floating dredging barge when the accident happened)
Roofing company worker electrocuted in Pompano Beach (a 29-year-old roofing company worker was electrocuted during an on-the-job accident – was moving a 28-foot long aluminum extension ladder when the ladder came in contact with live power lines)
Coroner: Electrical accident killed man (worker, 40, was electrocuted while renovating a house – accidentally pinched a live wire with a jack while he was working on the home’s foundation)
Hydro worker killed on Vancouver Island (worker, 54, died after he came into contact with a Hydro line while carrying out a pole change – worked most of his 33 years with the company – another man in the bucket at the time of the accident received flash burns – he was treated in hospital and released)
Electrical accident kills drilling worker (the boom of a drilling rig struck a power line electrocuting one worker and injuring another – the men, employees of a water well driller were working in a vacant lot where a house is being built – the surge of electricity struck the drilling rig and the two men – it blew out a front tire and ignited a fire that burned in and around the equipment)
UPDATE Employer of electrocuted worker fined, put on probation (a company that installs guard rails was fined $10,000, ordered to pay $32,480 in penalties and placed on two years’ probation in the death of a worker who was electrocuted – worker, 23, was operating a truck with a 22-foot-tall pile driver when he was killed – investigators determined that electricity arced between the boom and an overhead power line at the site)
GSA Worker Electrocuted (officers and firefighters found the 46-year-old man unconscious in the basement of a building – investigators believe he was electrocuted)
Exxon Mobil worker electrocuted (an electrician at the refinery remained in critical condition after being electrocuted – an investigation of the cause of the incident has begun)
Man falls onto power line and is electrocuted (a 28-year-old man who was working at a residential construction site was electrocuted when he lost his balance and fell onto a power line – he was on a two-story scaffolding attached to a home when he fell)
Worker may have been electrocuted at plant (it appears the worker, 22, was electrocuted while installing some lighting in one area of the factory, which is scheduled to be open for production this year – investigators said a number of workers in the plant heard a loud crashing sound and found the worker having an apparent seizure on the floor)