Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170165955 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE LIMB

Accident Summary Nr: 170165955 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 09/10/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119875870	09/15/1992	0781	0	De La Torre Landscaping

Abstract: An employee of a landscaping firm was using a wood handled trimming saw to cut a tree limb. The limb fell against a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee received an electric shock and sustained third degree burns to his upper right arm and lower right leg. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE LIMB, TREE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IC, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119875870			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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