Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14423024 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14423024 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 01/22/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18269936	03/10/1987	0783	0	Thorne'S Tree Service, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE OF A TREE SERVICE COMPANY WAS CLIMBING A TREE WHEN HE CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. (THE EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL FROM THE TREE 35 FEET TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD AND NECK.)

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18269936			Fatality	Electric Shock	Forestry workers, except logging

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