Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14243315 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14243315 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 08/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100430933	08/01/1988	1611	0	I.A. Construction/Buckley And Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100430941	08/02/1988	1611	0	Buckley And Company Inc.

Abstract: A boom truck operator and a laborer were instructed to retrieve concrete barriers from a storage area. The barriers were stored three tiers high directly under a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. The laborer was attaching a steel belly sling to a 3.7-meter-long (12-foot-long) barrier when the hydraulic boom contacted the power line. The laborer was electrocuted. The boom truck operator, who was operating the boom from an operator's station on the driver's side of the truck, injured his knee when he jumped off the truck and fell to the ground after the boom contacted the power line.

Keywords: KNEE, BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRUCK BOOM, SPRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100430933			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	100430941			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Hoist and winch operators

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