Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 168470.015 - Employee dies of electrocution when saw contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 168470.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/20/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1763360.015	07/23/2024		238990	Ceballo Ortega Andres Antonio

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on July 20, 2024, an employee was working as a laborer for a building contractor trimming a tree using a pole saw. The employee was working from a ladder when he fell, and the pole saw contacted nearby power lines. The employee was electrocuted and died.

Keywords: Clearance, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Hand Tool, Laborer, Ladder, Line Clearance, Metal Pole, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Saw, Shock, Tree Trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1763360.015	58	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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