Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14401749 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FLAGPOLE

Accident Summary Nr: 14401749 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/16/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102327863	11/16/1989	7312	0	Flag Repairs By Lee And Company

Abstract: An employee of a flag installation company was removing a 3.0-meter-long (10-foot-long) metal flagpole from the top of a 6.4-meter-tall (21-foot-tall) lighting standard. The employee was standing on an aluminum extension ladder, which was resting on the ground. The lighting standard was about 1.4 meters (4.5 feet) horizontally from a 7200-volt overhead power line, and the power line was about 2.4 meters (8 feet) diagonally from the top of the pole. The flagpole contacted the power line, and the employee was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102327863			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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