Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14219083 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14219083 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/27/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101489656	01/27/1989	1389	0	Baker Tank Co.

Abstract: Some employees were using a Caterpillar crane to move equipment from a fire dike to a tank. Two of the employees pulled the load line out to clear the drum. They pulled the load line into a 125-kilovolt overhead power line. One employee was electrocuted. Another employee received an electric shock and was stunned. (The second employee was not listed on an injury line on the original form.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101489656			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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