Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 788695 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS THRU TOOL

Accident Summary Nr: 788695 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 05/02/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124771197	05/02/1994	4971	0	Tualatin Valley Irrigation District

Abstract: A crew for a concrete company was pouring and finishing a slab in a substation. A laborer for the company was removing a 13-foot-long aluminum finishing tool, when it contacted a 57-kilovolt busbar. The employee received an electric shock and burns. He was airlifted to a burn center, where he was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRICAL, BUSBAR, LOCKOUT, E PTD, SUBSTATION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124771197			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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