Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202003190 - possible electric shock - cause unknown

Accident Summary Nr: 202003190 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 04/10/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301448031	04/11/1998	4813	0	Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc

Abstract: A 37-year-old telephone company employee was reinsulating telephone wires while standing on a 1.2-meter wooden stepladder at the base of a utility pole. Later, another employee discovered him lying on the ground 3.7 to 4.6 meters away from the pole. Paramedics indicated that he was in ventricular fibrillation at the time of their arrival. The injured employee was never revived, and it was believed that he might have been electrocuted. There were no eye witnesses to the event.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, TELECOM WORK, CPR, E TC, ELECTROCUTED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301448031			Fatality	Other	Telephone line installers and repairers

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