Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14236988 - ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14236988 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/11/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1417443	03/26/1985	2899	0	Chromalloy Drilling Fluids Corp Div Of Chromalloy

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO SANDBLAST A 22-FOOT HIGH, 8-FOOT DIAMETER TANK LOCATED IN THE YARD AREA OF A WAREHOUSE. TWO TO THREE YEARS EARLIER, THE TANK HAD BEEN SLID INTO ITS PRESENT POSITION UNDER A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT HAVE ANY FALL PROTECTION. ONE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE TANK. AS HE WAS CLIMBING, HIS HEAD CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND FELL TO THE TANK TOP. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SAW THE ACCIDENT AND CLIMBED UP TO HELP. HE ALSO TOUCHED THE LINE, WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND FELL OFF THE TANK. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE FIRST EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL TO THE GROUND.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1417443			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	1417443			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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