Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170703979 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 170703979 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 01/28/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111949772	01/28/1994	0131	0	Empire Farming Company

Abstract: Two employees of a farming company raised a 30-foot-long section of an aluminum irrigation pipe to a vertical position. The pipe contacted a 12-kilovolt overhead power line, and the two employees were electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111949772			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers
2	111949772			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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