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Accident: 202315735 - Employee Is Electrocuted By Overhead Power Line

**Accident: 202315735 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/16/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
301325551	11/16/2005	0761	Gto Packing, Inc

At approximately 11:21 a.m. on November 16, 2005, Employee #1 was cleaning dirt from the inside of a metal irrigation pipe. When Employee #1 raised the pipe in an attempt to force the dirt out, the pipe made contact with an overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: shock, overhead power line, cleaning, electrocuted, electric shock, pipe, irrigation equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	301325551			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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