Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14335889 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS

Accident Summary Nr: 14335889 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 12/31/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
10360725	05/20/1974	1231	0	Acme Engineering Co Inc

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN WORKING FOR A COMPANY FOR 4.5 YEARS WAS BEING TRAINED AS A SURVEYING RODMAN. HE FELT ILL WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK AND STAYED IN THE TRUCK DURING THE MORNING. AFTER LUNCH, HE SAID HE FELT BETTER AND WAS ASSIGNED THE TASKS OF PLACING SAFETY CONES AND OF GETTING THE ROD READY FOR SURVEYING. FOR REASONS PRESUMABLY UNRELATED TO THE TASKS HE WAS ASSIGNED, THE EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO THE BUSHES AND CLIMBED INTO AN ELECTRIC POWER STATION THAT WAS 217 FEET FROM THE ROAD. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: E GI III, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, SUBSTATION, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	10360725			Fatality	Electric Shock	Surveying and mapping technicians

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