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### Inspection Detail

**Case Status: CLOSED**

#### **Inspection: 1221747.015 - Keith Phillips**

**Inspection Information - Office: Maryland Hlth Reg 1**

 

**Inspection Nr**

**Report ID**

**Date Opened**

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**Site Address**: 			   Keith Phillips			   1122 Sunrise Beach RoadCrownsville, MD 21032

**Mailing Address**: 			   257 Arundel Road, Pasadena, MD 21122

**Union Status**: NonUnion

**SIC**:

**NAICS**: 237130/Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction

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**Inspection Type**: Fat/Cat

**Scope**: Partial

**Advanced Notice**: N

**Ownership**: Private

**Safety/Health**: Safety

**Close Conference**: 07/13/2017

**Emphasis**:S:Electric

**Case Closed**: 08/29/2017

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**Case Status: CLOSED**

#### **Investigation Summary**

**Investigation Nr**

**Event**

At approximately 10:45 a.m. on March 30, 2017, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing approximately 1,050 feet of cable lines spanning five pre-existing utility poles.  The work required all vines and other natural growth to be removed so the lines could be properly lashed to the support cable.  Employee #1 was in a bucket truck and pulled the new line into position, referred to as jigging it out.  A coworker, foreman,  assisted in the operation by climbing trees and cutting vines away from the support cable ahead of the bucket truck. They were working on clearing the sticks and vines at a height of the communication lines, ranging between 14.25 and 15.75 foot high.  A grounded neutral conductor was sagging into the area of the communication lines at a height of 14.84.  The high voltage power lines consisted of three phases.  The A-phase line was located 25.67 foot above the ground, the B-phase line was located 25.67 foot above the ground, and the C-phase line was located 25 feet 8 inches above the ground.  The phase-to-phase voltage was 13,200 volts and the phase to ground voltage was 7620 volts.  The bucket truck, a Chevrolet work truck had an un-insulated lift with a maximum working platform level of 28 foot. The coworker climbed down out of the tree and was walking near the truck and never saw Employee #1 extend the boom to elevate the bucket higher than the communication lines.  Employee #1 extended the boom and elevated the bucket too far above the communication lines to a point of making direct contact with the C-phase power line.  According to coworkers there was a loud buzzing noise and there were possibly two flashes.  The bucket was comprised of fiberglass but attached to it was a metal control box and the boom was un-insulated.  The back of Employee #1's head contacted the C-Phase power line.  The electricity traveled through Employee #1 and the boom of the truck to the ground.  Employee #1 was electrocuted with burns to his upper body from fire.

**Keywords:**aerial lift, burn, electrical, elevated work platform, emergency response, fire, head, power lines, struck by
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