Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200230480 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL ROD

Accident Summary Nr: 200230480 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 12/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300212099	01/14/1999	7312	0	Lamar Outdoor Advertising

Abstract: A selfemployed subcontractor was replacing the vinyl on a billboard. The gripper rod he was holding contacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line, and the employee received an electric shock. The electric shock threw the employee, who was not wearing any fall protection, off the billboard's catwalk. He fell about 12.2 meters to the ground and fractured his pelvis, a leg, an ankle, and a knee. He also sustained electrical burns on both hands. The burns became infected, and the doctors had to amputate his hands.

Keywords: BURN, FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, METAL POLE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, ADVERTISING SIGN, E GI IC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300212099			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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