Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625982 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Dump Basket

Accident Summary Nr: 170625982 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125729111	01/23/2001	0131	0	Cj Ritchie Farms

Abstract: An employee was compacting cotton inside a trailer. The operator of a dump basket arrived and started to unload cotton into the trailer. As the operator was unloading the cotton, the top of the basket contacted an overhead power line. When the employee in the trailer touched the basket, he received an electric shock and fell off the trailer. He was hospitalized with electrical burns and a shoulder injury.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, AGRICULTURE, FARM MACHINERY, DUMPER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E AG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125729111			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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