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Accident Summary Nr: 123173.015 - Three employees suffer electrical burns when scaffold pole c

Accident Summary Nr: 123173.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 01/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1455864.015	01/14/2020		238170	John Bergeron

Abstract: At 10:37 a.m. on January 14, 2020, three employees were standing upright on a 36-foot-long aluminum pump jack scaffold pole when it came in contact with overhead powerlines and shocked the employees. All three employees were hospitalized to treat electrical burns.

Keywords: Assembling, Burn, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Metal Pole, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Pump Jack Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1455864.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1455864.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
3	1455864.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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