Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 886861 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE BRANCH

Accident Summary Nr: 886861 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 03/28/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120602941	04/24/1995	0781	0	Haiku Landscape Corp

Abstract: An employee was trimming branches from a 15-meter-tall (50-foot-tall) coconut tree. As he cut through a branch with a large knife, the branch fell onto an overhead power line. The employee received an electric shock and sustained burns as a result of the contact. The current entry and exit points were the employee's right hand, the left side of his abdomen, and the inside of his left thigh. He was hospitalized for his injuries. He was released from the hospital a week after the accident.

Keywords: BURN, E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TREE LIMB, TREE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120602941			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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