Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094596 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Bar

Accident Summary Nr: 201094596 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 02/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126147768	02/22/2001	0181	0	Alfredo Chavez

Abstract: An employee was on the roof of a greenhouse under construction. A metal frame bar he was holding contacted a 16-kilovolt overhead power line. He received an electric shock and severe burns. He was hospitalized in serious condition with third-degree burns on his hands and feet.

Keywords: BURN, METAL BAR, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126147768			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Carpenters

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