Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14259352 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14259352 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 12/18/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1917392	12/19/1984	7359	0	General Building Corporation

Abstract: A 40-FOOT FLAT BED TRAILER LOADED WITH SURPLUS (SCRAP) MACHINERY HAD COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. A PETTIBONE MODEL 30 TRUCK CRANE WAS USED TO UNLOAD AND SET THE MACHINERY ON THE GROUND. A LOW-BOY TRAILER THAT WAS TO BE USED TO HAUL THE MACHINERY WAS DRIVEN UP ALONGSIDE THE FLAT BED TRAILER. A WIRE ROPE SLING WAS USED TO HOIST THE MACHINERY THAT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND ONTO THE TRAILER. AS THE TRUCK CRANE LIFTED THE MACHINERY, AN EMPLOYEE GUIDED IT ONTO THE LOW-BOY TRAILER WITH HIS HAND. THE HOIST ROPE OF THE TRUCK CRANE CONTACTED A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND ELECTROCUTED THE EMPLOYEE.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1917392			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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