Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114976.015 - Employee is electrocuted when boom contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 114976.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 03/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1389906.015	03/29/2019		237310	South Texas Illumination Llc

Abstract: At 5:10 p.m. on March 28, 2019, an employee was working on a crew that was tasked with pouring a cement foundation for high mast light poles. The employee was standing/sitting on the rear of a boom truck as the boom truck operator removed a 41.83 foot tremie pipe used to pour the cement. As the pipe was laid on the ground, the boom contacted a 7,620 Volt overhead power line. The boom truck was energized and the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: Boom, Construction, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition			0		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1389906.015	32	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause:

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