Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503932 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU ANTENNA

Accident Summary Nr: 14503932 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/09/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106024342	06/09/1989	0741	0	Oswego Veterinary Clinic

Abstract: The owner of a veterinary clinic and three employees were installing a radio tower with an antenna. As they were raising the tower by hand, the antenna fell into a 13.2-kilovolt (7200-volt-to-ground) overhead power line. One employee was electrocuted. The owner, three other employees, and two other individuals, who were at the site at the time of the accident, received electric shocks and were hospitalized for their injuries. The owner died of electrocution 2 days after the accident.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, ANTENNA, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106024342	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	106024342	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	106024342	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	106024342	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
5	106024342	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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