Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14291793 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 14291793 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 07/13/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105702898	07/13/1988	1791	0	Hawkins & Cox, Inc.

Abstract: An ironworker was sitting on a beam about 24.4 meters (80 feet) above the ground, installing 3.3-meter-long (10.9-foot-long), 13-millimeter-diameter (0.5-inch-diameter) sag rods. A 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line was located about 2.7 meters (9 feet) above him. A sag rod that the employee was installing contacted the power line, and the employee was electrocuted. (He also fell to the ground.)

Keywords: METAL WIRE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105702898			Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers

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