Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170121032 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONVEYOR

Accident Summary Nr: 170121032 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/25/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111138517	08/25/1992	0132	0	John Thomas Coley Iii

Abstract: A farm owner instructed four of his employees to move a mobile grain auger between a grain bin and a 13.2-kilovolt overhead power line supplying electricity to the farm. As the employees were pushing the metal auger into position, it contacted the power line. The four employees received electric shocks and electrical burns and were hospitalized for their injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, SCREW CONVEYOR, AGRICULTURE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E AG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111138517	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction
2	111138517	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Hand packers and packagers
3	111138517	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction
4	111138517	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction

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