Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14465561 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ANGLE IRON

Accident Summary Nr: 14465561 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 10/28/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102297017	10/30/1987	1791	0	M & M Builder & Repair Service

Abstract: An employee was sitting on a steel beam about 4.6 to 5.5 meters above the ground. He was pulling up a 6.1-meter-long piece of angle iron. The employee was going to connect the angle iron to some rafters. An overhead power line was located about 7.6 meters above ground, 3.0 meters above the employee and about 1.5 meters away from the building. As he was handling the angle iron, it contacted the power line. The employee was electrocuted. (He also fell away from the building.)

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102297017			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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