Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202352019 - Employee electrocuted when saw contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202352019 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307051029	09/20/2003	1623	237130	Pike Electric, Inc

Abstract: On September 20, 2003, Employee #1 was boosted by a coworker into a tree to remove a limb from a 7,620 volt overhead power line. He was using a hand saw to cut the branch when he contacted the power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted and then fell approximately 25 ft to the ground.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SAW, FALL, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307051029			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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