Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119175.015 - Employee dies after electric shock from underground power li

Accident Summary Nr: 119175.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425123.015	08/21/2019		238910	J & R Precision Drilling, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on August 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a drilling company, was obtaining soil samples prior to a road expansion. He was using a CME 55 bore drilling machine to perform ground drilling when the drill hit a 12,000-volt underground power line. Employee #1 received an electric shock. He was transported to the hospital, where he died on August 26, 2019. Cause of death was hypoxic encephalopathy due to complications of resuscitated electrocution.

Keywords: Boring Machine, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Undrgrd Power Line

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1425123.015	35	M	Fatality		Drilling and boring machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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