Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202023263 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL LIGHT

Accident Summary Nr: 202023263 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 03/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304757743	03/04/2002	7521	0	Sidney Jackson

Abstract: An employee placed a portable lighting unit in a parking lot of a nightclub to provide lighting for departing customers. The employee extended the 9.1-meter-tall light, and it contacted a 7500-volt overhead power line. The employee, who was holding onto a wench, maneuvering the light, was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, METAL POLE, ELECTRIC LIGHT--PORT, E GI IB

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304757743			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, personal service occupations

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