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Accident: 953240 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Metal Pipe

**Accident: 953240 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 06/02/1992**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
112394184	06/02/1992	1623	L.M.R. Construction Co.

An employee was using a hydraulic excavator to lower a well point and a section of metal pipe. The 27-foot, 6-inch-tall well point system was to be used to remove water from the surrounding ground. The equipment had been positioned beneath a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line that was 25 feet, 9 inches above the ground. The chain on the hydraulic excavator and the well point system came too close to the power line and became energized. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, electrocuted, excavator, metal pipe, e gi ib

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	112394184			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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