Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14341655 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAGPOLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14341655 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101257319	02/21/1988	1799	0	Flag Craft Inc.

Abstract: ON A CLEAR DAY, TWO LABORERS FOR A FLAGPOLE ERECTION FIRM WERE ERECTING A FLAGPOLE. THE 40-FOOT-LONG FLAGPOLE WAS TO BE LIFTED ONTO A SLEEVE. THE WORK SITE WAS NEAR A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ABOUT 18 FEET FROM THE SLEEVE. THE EMPLOYEES LOST CONTROL OF THE FLAGPOLE, AND IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE ELECTROCUTED. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE; THE OTHER ONLY 9 MONTHS. THE EMPLOYER HAD A POOR SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, E C

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101257319			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	101257319			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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