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Accident Summary Nr: 14292155 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DRILL BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14292155 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 06/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17375023	06/15/1987	1611	0	W-L Construction & Paving, Inc.

Abstract: ON A RAINY DAY, AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TRACK DRILL WITH A 27-FOOT, 4-INCH BOOM TO DRILL ROCK ON A NEW ROADBED. A 19.9-KILOVOLT (34.5 KILOVOLTS, PHASE TO PHASE) OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE AT A HEIGHT OF 29 FEET. THE EARTH AROUND THE TRACK DRILL WAS IRREGULAR AND ALLOWED THE BOOM OF THE DRILL TO VARY IN ELEVATION BY ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS WORKING ALONE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HAD BEEN WORKING FOR THE FIRM FOR ONLY 2 WEEKS. THE BOOM OF THE DRILL CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17375023			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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