Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14214332 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14214332 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 10/23/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18413294	10/23/1986	1623	0	W L Hailey & Company Inc

Abstract: A 37-year-old construction laborer was assigned to disconnect a wire-rope choker sling used to lower a metal sewer pipe to the ground. The pipe was suspended by an RO Corporation Stinger Two (Model No. TC-125-Z) crane. The boom contacted a 13-kilovolt overhead power line; and the laborer, who was standing on the ground with one hand on the end of the pipe and the other on the sling, was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18413294			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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