Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201171303 - Work Platform Touches Overhead Powerline and Kills Purner

Accident Summary Nr: 201171303 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/13/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125806851	12/13/2001	0761	0	Keyawa Orchard Inc

Abstract: On December 13, 2001, Employee #1, a 24 year-old male laborer, with Keyawa Orchard Inc, that grows walnuts, was pruning walnut trees using a pruning tower. This pruning tower is called a tree squirrel. Employee #1 was standing in the work basket on the pruning tower arm, which is raised up and down by a hydraulic cylinder. Employee #1 had finished pruning a row of walnuts and was to go to another row of trees. Employee #1 raised the pruning tower basket to an up position and contacted a high voltage power line. Employee #1 was killed instantly.

Keywords: SHOCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AGRICULTURE, ELECTROCUTED, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125806851			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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