Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170105605 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 170105605 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/22/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123981623	06/23/1995	1799	0	Midwest Dewatering Co. Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were raising a 7.3-meter-long (24-foot-long) steel pipe for a well. As it neared a vertical position, the pipe contacted a 7620-volt overhead power line. One of the employees was electrocuted, and the other received an electric shock and serious burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Two other nearby employees received electric shocks from potential gradients in the wet earth. They were also hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POTENTIAL GRADIENT, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IC, METAL PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123981623	Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth
2	123981623	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth
3	123981623	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth
4	123981623	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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