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Accident Summary Nr: 14491617 - ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - PROBABLE CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14491617 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 01/29/1988
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10081306202/01/198817710Aniero Concrete Co., Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ALUMINUM-HANDLED BULL FLOAT TO FINISH A CONCRETE FLOOR AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE FLOOR WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS ADJACENT TO 26-KILOVOLT AND 4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINES. THE EMPLOYEE FELT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, ABOUT WHICH HE COMMENTED TO A NEARBY COWORKER, AND THEN LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. HE ROLLED UNDER THE GUARDRAIL PROTECTING THE EDGE OF THE FLOOR AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE HOSPITAL.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, METAL POLE, CONCRETE FLOAT, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 100813062 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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