Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14295836 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CRANE BOOM CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES

Accident Summary Nr: 14295836 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/29/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18865568	04/29/1987	1622	0	B&B Tunnelling Inc

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE GUIDING A BORING MACHINE ONTO A STEEL TRACK LOCATED IN A 10-FOOT-DEEP BY 30-FOOT-LONG BY 12-FOOT-WIDE PIT. THE MACHINE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED BY A BLH LIMA 20-TON LATTICE BOOM TRUCK CRANE (MODEL 300T, SERIAL NUMBER 341-8). ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS THE FOREMAN; THE OTHER WAS SIGNALING THE CRANE OPERATOR FROM INSIDE THE PIT. AS IT WAS MOVING, THE CRANE BOOM CONTACTED A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. (THE POSITION OF THE SUN MAY HAVE IMPAIRED THE VIEW OF THE POWER LINES.) THE FOREMAN WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS OF VARYING SEVERITY ON BOTH HIS HANDS.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18865568			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth
2	18865568			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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