Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14215131 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14215131 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/18/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15326895	09/24/1984	3273	0	Columbia Concrete Products

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A CRANE HOOK TO THE TOP OF A 9-FOOT HIGH STACK OF WIRE MESH IN ORDER TO PLACE THE HOOK ONTO THE BUNDLE. (THE 15-TON CRANE WAS A GROVE MODEL NO. 1012.) THE CRANE BOOM CONTACTED A 33-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS. THE EMPLOYEE HAD BOTH ARMS AND LEGS AMPUTATED BECAUSE OF THE BURNS.

Keywords: BURN, AMPUTATED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15326895			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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