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Accident Summary Nr: 884031 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL PIPE

Accident Summary Nr: 884031 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/04/1996
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12697103503/05/199602120Cholla Livestock Limited Liability Company

Abstract: An employee was atop a 6.4-meter-high gasoline storage tank, checking the amount of fuel in the tank. He was using a 7.6-meter-long, 19-millimeter-diameter steel pipe to measure the depth of the gasoline. As he was withdrawing the pipe from the tank, he lost control of the pipe; and it contacted an overhead power line that was located near the tank. He received an electric shock and fell to the ground. He suffered burns from the resulting electric arc and a cut over one eye from the fall. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, MEASURING DEVICE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, E GI IC, METAL PIPE

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 126971035 Hospitalized injury Electric Shock Animal caretakers, except farm

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