Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170084412 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170084412 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/12/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123481426	10/13/1995	0722	0	L & S Cotton Harvesting

Abstract: An employee was on top of a Case cotton picker, using a plastic pipe to raise the neutral conductor of an overhead power line. He was raising the conductor so that the cotton picker could clear the power line. As the operator drove the cotton picker under the power line, the first employee's back apparently contacted one of the phase conductors. The employee raising the line was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, AGRICULTURE, ELECTROCUTED, COTTON PICKER, UNTRAINED, E AG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123481426			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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