Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14541783 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14541783 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102732583	05/18/1990	0783	0	Sims Tree Service

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES OF A TREE SERVICE WERE FELLING A TREE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS TIED OFF IN THE TREE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 24 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WENT TO GET THE FIRST EMPLOYEE'S CHAIN SAW. WHEN THE SECOND EMPLOYEE RETURNED, HE SAW HIS COWORKER LEANING BACKWARDS AGAINST AN 11.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. THE OVERHEAD LINE WAS ABOUT 17 INCHES FROM THE TREE AND WAS 24 FEET, 3 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT EITHER THE INJURED EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GO BETWEEN THE LINE AND THE TREE OR HE DID NOT SEE THE LINE AND HIT IT AS HE CLIMBED. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE LINE WITH HIS HEAD.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TREE FELLING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, TREE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102732583			Fatality	Electric Shock	Forestry workers, except logging

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