OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221432826
POOR FOLKS TREE SERVICE INC.
NORFOLK, VA·
Event description
Employee in tree-trimming crew receives electric shock
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on January 24, 2022, an employee was working for a landscaping hospitalized. service. He was part of a crew that had been sent out to trim trees next to a private residence. He was working as a groundsman, or ground worker, positioned on the ground. Another member of the crew, an arborist, was operating an Altec model number LR760-E70 articulating device bucket truck. As the arborist was moving the bucket, the arm of the device contacted an overhead power line energized at 19.9 kV (kilovolts). The bucket truck became energized. The employee, on the ground, touched the body of the truck while it was energized. He received an electric shock. He suffered burns to his hands and feet. He was
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 486
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