Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 764274 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FROND

Accident Summary Nr: 764274 -- Report ID: 0931200 -- Event Date: 10/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100944727	10/16/1987	0783	0	Timberland Tree Company

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A PALM TREE THAT HE HAD BEEN TRIMMING. A FROND HAD FALLEN INTO A 4800-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED 27 TO 29 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED OVER TO REMOVE THE FROND FROM THE POWER LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHETHER HE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE PALM FROND. HE WAS WEARING TREE CLIMBERS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH PROVIDED GOOD CONTACT TO THE TREE ITSELF.

Keywords: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE LIMB, ELECTROCUTED, TREE, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100944727			Fatality	Electric Shock	Forestry workers, except logging

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