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Accident Summary Nr: 127206.015 - Employee is shocked and killed when survey rod contacts powe

Accident Summary Nr: 127206.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 06/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1480179.015	06/19/2020		541370	Lja Surveying, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on June 19, 2020, an employee was positioning an engineering rod equipped with a GPS receiver on the end, at the end of a fence. The employee extended the rod approximately 24 feet through the canopy of a tree. The employee was shocked and killed when the engineering rod either contacted the power line or the power line arced.

Keywords: Electric Shock, Fence, Hand Tool, Power Lines, Tree

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1480179.015	40	M	Fatality		Surveying and mapping technicians

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