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Accident: 51446.015 - Employee Trimming Tree Contacts Overhead Power Line And Is K

Accident: 51446.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/20/2013
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
935840.01508/22/2013Ahronian Landscaping & Design, Inc.
At 10:00 a.m. on August 20, 2013, and employee was working for a landscaping ser vice. He was working from a small, self-propelled, portable aerial lift. He was trimming tree branches using a gasoline-powered pole chain saw and a hand-operat ed pruning saw. The gasoline-powered pole chain saw made contact with an overhea d power line. The conductor was energized at 7,900 volts. The chain saw and aeri al lift became energized. Electric current entered the employee's body through h is hands, which were in contact with the chain saw, the aerial lift, or both. A fire started. The employee sustained an electric shock. He also sustained burns to multiple parts of his body, including his hands, knee, torso, and legs. He wa s hospitalized, but he later died.
Keywords: aerial lift, burn, chain saw, e gi ib, electric shock, electrical, electrocuted, overhead power line, saw, tree trimming, work rules
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 935840.015 26 M Fatality Aerial Lift Operator

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