Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 882068 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE LIMB

Accident Summary Nr: 882068 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 05/17/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100747856	05/17/1993	0783	0	Arbor-Pro Tree Experts Company Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TREE LIMBS FROM A 60-FOOT-TALL MAPLE TREE. HE WAS ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, CUTTING A 13-FOOT-LONG LIMB HANGING OVER A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LIMB FELL ONTO THE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE IT WITH A FIBERGLASS, INSULATED POLE TRIMMER. HE SUSTAINED TWO ELECTRIC SHOCKS, BUT CONTINUED TO TRY TO REMOVE THE LIMB FROM THE POWER LINE. HE PULLED THE POLE TRIMMER UP HAND-BY-HAND AND WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE METAL PORTION OF THE TRIMMER WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE LIMB, INSULATED TOOL, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, TREE, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100747856			Fatality	Electric Shock	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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