Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565626 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 14565626 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 04/03/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14588768	04/08/1985	8711	0	Dooley Jones & Associates Inc

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A 12-FOOT SURVEYOR'S ROD (RANGE POLE) IN A METAL TRIPOD. THE TRIPOD WAS LOCATED UNDER AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS ONLY 16 FEET, 3 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING THE ROD (WHICH WAS MADE OF ALUMINUM WITH A THIN PLASTIC COVERING), IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD NOT BEEN TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THE HAZARDS INVOLVED, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS LEFT FOREARM AND HIS ABDOMEN.

Keywords: BURN, CLOTHING, SURVEYOR, ABDOMEN, ELECTRICAL, FOREARM, METAL POLE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UNTRAINED, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14588768			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Architects

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