Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170132922 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CHANNEL

Accident Summary Nr: 170132922 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 07/31/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124752742	08/01/1994	0175	0	Davis Orchards Inc

Abstract: A farm worker was placing 5.5-meter-long steel channels to be used as risers for an overhead sprinkling system in an orchard. As the employee was placing the bottom of a channel into the ground in preparation for moving it to an upright position, he determined that the bottom needed to be repositioned. To move it, he lifted the channel straight up, and it contacted an overhead power line located 6.3 meters above the ground. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: METAL BAR, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, AGRICULTURE, ELECTROCUTED, E AG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124752742			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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