Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project for New Jersey: Tree Trimmer Electrocuted After Contacting an Overhead Power Line.

摘要

On February 28, 1996, a 25-year-old tree trimmer was electrocuted when he contacted a 7,600 volt overhead power line while clearing a loose branch from a tree. The incident occurred at a private home where the company had just finished removing a tree from the back yard. The crew had completed the job and was beginning to clean the site when they noticed a loose branch hanging from a neighbors tree. Using a climbing harness, the victim tied onto the ball of a crane line and was raised up to the hanging branch, which he cut down. As he was being lowered to the ground, the victim noticed a second loose branch hanging on another tree. The victim had started to swing toward the branch while on the crane line when he contacted a primary power line and was electrocuted.