Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 801704 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 801704 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/10/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105493928	10/17/1989	1629	0	Dorough Logging Co.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED A TREE TO CUT TWO LIMBS, SO THAT THE TREE COULD BE FELLED. A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE TREE. AS THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE TREE, HE GOT BETWEEN THE TREE AND THE POWER LINE, CONTACTED THE LINE WITH HIS BACK, AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105493928			Fatality	Electric Shock	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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