Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171010382 - Worker Is Burned after Contacting Energized Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 171010382 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120166517	03/26/2002	4813	0	Henkels & Mc Coy

Abstract: On March 20, 2002, Employee #1, with Henkels and McCoy in Anaheim, CA, was working in an aerial lift bucket to install a porcelain lightning arrester on an electrical pole. He reached up to untangle a wooden grounding molding that had snagged on his work belt, and he contacted the energized 12,000-volt slack line. He received third-degree burns to the left hand and right hip and was hospitalized.

Keywords: E GI III, ELEC UTILITY WORK, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURIED, HAND, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120166517			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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