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Accident Summary Nr: 14338685 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 14338685 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/13/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109712596	05/13/1993	1629	0	Evans Empire Construction, Inc.

Abstract: AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS MOVING A FALLEN 64-FOOT-TALL PINE TREE FROM A 230-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AS HIS FRANKLINE SKIDDER WAS HOLDING THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE, THE SKIDDER IGNITED. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGS CAUGHT FIRE; AND, AS HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE METAL STEP OF THE SKIDDER, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND HIS ENTIRE BODY WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME. HIS COWORKERS TRIED TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE SKIDDER WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WHO WAS BURNED OVER 85 PERCENT OF HIS BODY DIED OF HIS INJURIES.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE SKIDDING, FIRE, TREE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, SKIDDER, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109712596			Fatality	Electric Shock	Grader, dozer and scraper operators

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