Occupational
& Environmental
Medicine
College of Human Medicine

Electrocution

Case 469 19-year-old farm family member was electrocuted when the 21-foot-long metal pole he was using to knock down grain from the walls of a bin contacted an energized 4,800-volt overhead line.
Case 532  19-year-old male farm hand guiding steel trusses for a hoop barn was electrocuted when a telehandler and the trusses contacted an energized 7,000-volt overhead power line.