Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170758445 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU WIRE ROPE

Accident Summary Nr: 170758445 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 07/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127336790	07/16/1998	2411	0	R & A Logging Inc

Abstract: A logger was helping a truck driver install tie-down cables on a logging truck. As the logger was securing a cable, the truck driver threw another tie- down cable into an overhead power line. The logger was electrocuted.

Keywords: LOADING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, WIRE ROPE, ELECTROCUTED, TRAILER TRUCK, LOGGER, TRAILER, LOGGING, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127336790			Fatality	Electric Shock	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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