Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100102656 - Employee electrocuted when crane line contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 100102656 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/19/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305332975	03/19/2003	1611	237310	Ruhlin Co., The

Abstract: On March 19, 2003, Employee #1 and coworkers were relocating precast concrete traffic barriers in the eastbound direction of I-7,6 near mile post 52. A barrier was lifted by a 35-ton RT65 Grove truck crane and was being pushed into position by two laborers on the ground when the crane's line contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Photographs from the Coroner's Office show burn marks that verify the electric current entered Employee #1 through his hands and exited to the ground through his feet.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE BOOM, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305332975			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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