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Accident: 102284.015 - Employee Is Electrocuted When Ladder Contacts Power Line

Accident: 102284.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/10/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1288263.01501/11/2018Overlook Harvesting Company, Llc
At 11:45 a.m. on January 10, 2018, an employee was moving an aluminum ladder, measuring 19.7 feet long, from one tree to another when it contacted a 7,200 V power line that was located overhead. As a result, the employee was electrocuted.
Keywords: struck against, power lines, electrocuted, ladder
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1288263.015 30 M Fatality Electric Shock Laborers, except construction

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