Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171060403 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Tree Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 171060403 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/20/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303613517	11/21/2000	0782	0	Paul & Utulei Tuai

Abstract: An employee was trimming a tree. When he cut a branch with a power saw, the branch fell into an overhead power line, electrocuting the employee. (The employee was the son of the family who owned the business.) He had been using a body belt and lanyard as fall protection.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE LIMB, ELECTROCUTED, TREE, E GI IC, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303613517			Fatality	Electric Shock	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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