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Accident Summary Nr: 125167.015 - Employee sustains electrical shock and burns when climbing p

Accident Summary Nr: 125167.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 03/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471704.015	04/02/2020		221118	Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on March 31, 2020, an employee working as an electrical lineman for an electrical power distributor was climbing a utility pole to begin work on an insulator. As the employee climbed the pole and approached the line, he contacted the 7,200-volt line. The employee was shocked when the electricity entered his right hand and exited out his back. The employee was hospitalized to treat electrical shock and electrical burns.

Keywords: Ascending, Back, Burn, Contact, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Electrical Wire, Hand, High Voltage, Line Clearance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, Pole Climber , Shock, Utility Pole

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1471704.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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