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12 5TH AVE. NE., PELICAN RAPIDS, MN 56572
Standard 5205003001
Standard 19100219 D 1
Standard 19100219 I 2
Standard 19260601 B 4
Initial $64
Standard 19260950 C 1
Standard 19100025 D 1 X
Standard 19100212 B
Standard 19100303 B 1
Standard 19100304 F 5 V
Standard 19100212 A 1
Initial $52
Standard 19100303 G 2 I
Standard 19260200 G 1
Initial $52
BURNS AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
AN ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE WORKER WAS INSTALLING A SIGN ON A UTILITY POLE WHEN HE CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE WITH HIS RIGHT ELBOW. THE CURRENT ENTERED THROU GH HIS ELBOW AND EXITED THROUGH BOTH OF HIS FEET (VIA THE THE POLE CLIMBERS HE W AS WEARING) TO THE POLE. THE EMPLOYEE FELL HEAD FIRST TO THE GROUND AND SUFFERED A RUPTURED SPLENE. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS LATER TRAN SFERED TO A BURN CENTER. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH CLIMBERS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
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