Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020204 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL POLE

Accident Summary Nr: 200020204 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 08/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300020609	08/13/1996	1761	0	Santo'S Construction Co.

Abstract: One of the partners of a firm owned by two brothers was erecting an aluminum pump-jack scaffold in front of a private residence. (The construction firm had no employees.) The firm's partner was electrocuted when an aluminum scaffold pole contacted a 13-kilovolt overhead power line.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300020609			Fatality	Electric Shock	Chief exec's & gen'l administrators, public admin.

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