Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14432363 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU METAL ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 14432363 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 06/14/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123216087	06/19/1996	1629	0	Oltrogge Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was bending over inside a substation, measuring for an oil retention dike. As he stood up, the metal rod he was using to measure contacted a 50-kilovolt busbar. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, BUSBAR, METAL POLE, SUBSTATION, UNTRAINED, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123216087			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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