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Accident Summary Nr: 108970.015 - Employee is electrocuted and killed after touching live powe

Accident Summary Nr: 108970.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/06/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1345054.015	09/07/2018		332312	Bayou Fabricators & Machine Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:38 a.m. on September 6, 2018, an employee was working from a boom truck while installing a conduit on a sewer tank that was near several live power lines. The employee fell on top of a coworker when he touched a live wire and was thrown from the boom. The coworker began CPR until Emergency Services arrived and took over the scene. The employee suffered an electrical shock to the body, received some electrical burns, and was killed.

Keywords: Boom, Boom Truck, Burn, CPR, Ejected, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Installing, Power Lines

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1345054.015	35	M	Fatality		Machinist apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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