Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202609368 - Employee Dies from Contact with Overhead Powerline

Accident Summary Nr: 202609368 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/09/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313509549	07/09/2010	0761	115115	Gold Grower Services Inc

Abstract: At approximately 5:35 a.m. on July 9, 2010, Employee #1 was picking fruit from a tree while occupying a 20 ft aluminum ladder. He had already picked three bags of fruit and placed them in the crate, and began on the second tree. As he picked the fruit, he contacted an energized 12,000 volt circuit overhead power line(s), receiving an electrical shock that knock him unconscious. Emergency medical personnel were summoned and transported him to a medical center where he was pronounced dead at 6:39 am. Employee #1 died from electrocution.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, TREE, METAL LADDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313509549			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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