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Accident Summary Nr: 68503.015 - Employee contacts energized electrical line and is electrocu

Accident Summary Nr: 68503.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/16/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1001404.015	10/17/2014		423930	Cohen Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on October 16, 2014, an employee, a 33 year old welder, was preparing to enter the industrial transformer substation to cut a post with a torch. As the employee was climbing over a concrete wall and fence on the side of the transformer substation, his foot touched an electrical line and was electrocuted.

Keywords: Electrical, Electrocuted, Insulator, Substation, Welder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1001404.015	33	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters

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