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Accident Summary Nr: 100362.015 - Employee contacts overhead power line and suffers multiple i

Accident Summary Nr: 100362.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/19/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274260.015	10/31/2017		112320	Pitman Family Farms

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 19, 2017, an employee had climbed up the feed tank stationary ladder and was going to use a 12 foot metal pole to knock down the accumulated feed on the inside of the tank walls. The pole came into contact with a high-voltage electrical line while the employee was on the stationary ladder of the #2 Feed Tank. The employee fell approximately 20 feet and suffered multiple fractures to include several ribs, sternum, and foot as well as electrical burns to both knees. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Burn, Electric Shock, Fall, Foot, Fracture, Knee, Ladder, Overhead Power Line, Rib

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1274260.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Managers, farms, except horticultural

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