Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200670677 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU PALM FROND

Accident Summary Nr: 200670677 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300495223	09/04/1997	0783	0	Fred Stevens Tree Company

Abstract: A two-person tree service crew (a tree trimmer and a ground worker) arrived at a residence to remove a royal palm. The tree was located just outside a screened patio. The tree trimmer climbed the palm and started cutting the fronds closest to the screen. When the ground worker carried one frond out to the truck, he heard a cry. He ran back toward the palm, saw smoke, and heard a sizzling noise. He then noticed the tree trimmer, hanging backwards, attached to the palm by his climbing equipment. The tree trimmer was holding in his right hand the broad end of a 4.3-meter-long frond. The frond was leaning on a 7620-volt overhead power line running along the property line about 1.8 meters from the palm and 8.2 meters above the ground. The tree trimmer had been electrocuted.

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	300495223			Fatality	Electric Shock	Forestry workers, except logging

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