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Accident Summary Nr: 14490783 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH O'HEAD LINE THRU METAL COLUMN

Accident Summary Nr: 14490783 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 09/29/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102650249	09/30/1988	1542	0	R.I.M.M. Construction Co. Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102650256	10/05/1988	1711	0	A. Treffeisen & Sons Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102650264	10/05/1988	1742	0	Joseph Kipper

Abstract: THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ASSEMBLING SECTIONS OF AN ALUMINUM COLUMN. THEY WERE WORKING UNDER A 4800-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AT THE CORNER OF A BUILDING. THE OVERHEAD LINE WAS ABOUT 14 FEET ABOVE THE COLUMN, AND THE COLUMN SECTIONS WERE ABOUT 15 FEET LONG. THE LAST SECTION OF THE COLUMN HAD TO BE RAISED ABOVE THE PORTION OF THE COLUMN THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED, BEFORE IT COULD BE SLID DOWN INTO PLACE. WHEN THIS SECTION WAS LIFTED, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO TOUCHED THIS SECTION WHILE HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE EXISTING STEEL POST INSIDE THE COLUMN OR WITH THE ALREADY ASSEMBLED PORTION OF THE COLUMN, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102650249	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	102650256			Occupation Not Listed
3	102650264			Occupation Not Listed

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