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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 96017.015 - Employee Contacts Power Line And Sustains Electrical Burns

**Accident: 96017.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/17/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1236860.015	05/31/2017		Asplundh Tree Expert Co.

At 11:15 a.m. on May 17, 2017, an employee was pruning tree limbs near a utility power line. The employee was working from an aluminum extension ladder and usin g a conductive pruning tool near the power line. During work, a tree limb and th e pruning tool came into contact with the 7,200kv power line. The employee susta ined electrical burns.

Keywords: chain saw, electrical, electrocuted, ladder, tree trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1236860.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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