Type A Accident Investigation of the June 25, 1997, Contractor Inspector Fatality on the Satsop-Aberdeen #2 & #3 230 kV Line

September 11, 1997

On June 25, 1997, at approximately 1015 hours, a contract brush-cutting inspector/monitor was fatally injured in a tree-falling accident within a BPA transmission-line corridor.

On June 27, 1997, Randall W. Hardy, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer for Bonneville Power Administration, appointed a Type A Accident Investigation Board (AIB) to investigate the accident in accordance with DOE Order 225.1, Accident Investigation, and BPA Manual Chapter 181, Accident Investigation and Reporting.

Contractor Inspector Fatality on the Satsop-Aberdeen #2 & #3 230 kV Line, June 25, 1997