Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200540078 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SURVEY ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 200540078 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 07/23/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122679079	08/15/1996	8713	0	Cps Survey Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were surveying property. They assembled four sections of survey rod to a height of about 6.4 meters. When the employees positioned the assembled rod between two phases of a 23-kilovolt overhead power line, the prism atop the pole contacted the power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other received an electric shock and sustained second- and third-degree burns on his or her hands, arms, and feet. (This injured employee, who was presumably hospitalized, was not listed on an injury line on the original form.)

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, MEASURING DEVICE, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122679079			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, surveyor

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