Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14550586 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONVEYOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14550586 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 09/06/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17729799	09/09/1986	0119	0	D & G Farm

Abstract: Four employees were moving a disabled grain auger out of a series of grain bins. They pulled the auger under an overhead power line to a designated location. As they were pulling the auger back, they again passed beneath the power line, and the upper portion of the auger contacted the line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Employee #2 received an electric shock and sustained electrical burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Employees # 3 and #4 also received electric shocks and sustained electrical burns. However, they were treated at a hospital and released.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, SCREW CONVEYOR, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, GRAIN BIN, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17729799	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	17729799	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	17729799	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	17729799	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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