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Accident Summary Nr: 868091 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 868091 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/10/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103021044	03/15/1989	1541	0	Guenther Enterprises Inc.

Abstract: FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING METAL SHEETING ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. THEY WERE MOVING A MOBILE SCAFFOLD FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO ANOTHER. AS THEY WERE MOVING THE SCAFFOLD, THE TOP OF IT CONTACTED A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED; THE OTHER THREE RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS FOR WHICH THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IB, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103021044	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	103021044	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	103021044	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	103021044	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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