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3933 ABBOTT AVE SO, MPLS, MN 55416
Standard 182065302
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REMOVING AN ELM TREE FROM THE BACKYARD OF A RESIDENCE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED THE TREE USING TREE CLIMBERS AND WAS CUTTIN G BRANCHES WHILE HE WAS TIED IN BY A SAFETY BELT. AS HE WAS CUTTING OR LOWERING BRANCHES, HIS NECK CONTACTED AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE CURRENT ENTRY POINTS WERE AT HIS NECK AND AT HIS RIGHT FOOT, W HERE THE SPUR ON HIS RIGHT CLIMBER WAS EMBEDDED IN THE TREE.
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