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Accident Summary Nr: 14277412 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14277412 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 08/10/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17946013	08/12/1992	1521	0	J T & Sons Inc

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING AN ALUMINUM PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD. THEY WERE ERECTING IT NEXT TO A HOUSE AND BENEATH AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE POWER LINE WAS 28 FEET, 10 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND AND 11 FEET FROM THE HOUSE. THE EMPLOYEES THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT ROOM TO MANEUVER AROUND THE POWER LINE. UNFORTUNATELY, AS THEY WERE RAISING THE SECOND ALUMINUM POLE, WHICH WAS 29 FEET, 10 INCHES LONG, IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT FOR THE BURNS HE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTRIC SHOCK.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17946013			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	17946013			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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