Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122090764 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 122090764 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 08/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122090764	08/10/1999	7349	0	D.D.G. Management Co.

Abstract: Some employees were trimming a tree. One of the employees was working from an aerial lift, cutting branches from the tree. Another employee was on the ground cleaning up. The boom on the aerial lift was not insulated. The branches the tree trimmer was trimming were between a telephone line and a cable television line. A 7200-volt overhead power line was about 3.7 meters above this area. The helper told the tree trimmer about the primary line and to be careful. The tree trimmer trimmed the two branches and then elevated the aerial lift. He contacted the overhead power line and was electrocuted.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122090764			Fatality	Electric Shock	Forestry workers, except logging

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