Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170570808 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 170570808 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 05/06/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301765129	05/08/1998	0161	0	Walter P Rawl & Sons Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were laying irrigation pipe and cleaning it out. One of the employees was walking a pipe up to a vertical position so that he could tap on it to clean out the dirt. The pipe contacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line, electrocuting him.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, AGRICULTURE, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IC, METAL PIPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301765129			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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