Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170235121 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TREE

Accident Summary Nr: 170235121 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 07/11/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115526683	07/11/1993	2411	0	Eugene Winters Log Co Inc

Abstract: An employee was helping transport his yarder from one timber sale to another 16 miles away. In route, the yarder got lodged behind a 16-inch-diameter willow tree that was about 40 feet tall. The tree was cut with a chain saw, then the yarder was used to push the tree down. The tree fell into a 7200-volt overhead power line; and the employee, who had been standing alongside the Peterbuilt truck with his hand on metal parts of the truck, was electrocuted. (The truck was being used to tow the yarder.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TREE FELLING, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, TREE, TRUCK, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115526683			Fatality	Electric Shock	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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