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Accident Summary Nr: 201069978 - Employee Is Burned When Contacting High Voltage Lines

Accident Summary Nr: 201069978 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307034447	07/30/2006	5211	444190	Wetzel Fencing Co

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on February 8, 2006, Employee #1 was installing chain link fencing on a new tennis court at a private residence. Employee #1 was standing on a fiberglass A-frame ladder and inserting a 10-ft steel tension rod into the 10-ft high tennis court fencing. Employee #1 was standing near the top of the ladder with one hand resting on top of the fence. With the other hand Employee #1 was holding onto the tension rod and attempting to thread the rod (from top to bottom) through the entire 10-ft height of the fence. The tension rod would allow the fencing to be stretched tight and is a necessary element in chain link fencing. Employee #1 made contact with a 12,000-volt power line and received a serious injury to the hand that had been in contact with the fencing. Employee #1 fell from the ladder, which in all likelihood saved his life and was transported to the hospital where his injured hand was later amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, AMPUTATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, FENCE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307034447			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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