Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201141975 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201141975 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300850484	04/12/2001	1799	0	Rex L Gilmore Dba Rex L Gilmore Landscape Contract

Abstract: Three landscaping employees were placing a 13.1-meter-tall palm tree into a holding box that was 1.1 meters high. One of the employees was operating the boom on a boom truck. The other two employees were on the ground, guiding the tree into place. A 220-kilovolt overhead power line from a generating plant was located 13.7 meters above the ground near where the employees were working. As the employees raised the tree and rotated it to place it in the box, the tree contacted the power line. One of the employees guiding the tree was electrocuted. The other received an electric shock and sustained third-degree burns to his hand and foot. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, TREE, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300850484			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction
2	300850484			Fatality	Electric Shock	Laborers, except construction

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