Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14296123 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 14296123 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/27/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18856815	10/30/1986	1771	0	Robert A. Ballantine, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP A CONCRETE PUMPING TRUCK TO PUMP CONCRETE INTO WALL FORMS. IN RAISING THE BOOM FOR THE ROYAL INDUSTRIES THOMSEN CONCRETE PUMP (MODEL NUMBER 845, SERIAL NUMBER 84577 ON A FORD TRUCK BODY), THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BOOM INTO A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD RECEIVED 3 WEEKS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND WHO WAS WORKING ALONE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: concrete pump, overhead power line, electrical, boom, concrete truck, electrocuted, e c

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18856815			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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