Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14320113 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14320113 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 02/20/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109021477	02/21/1992	1611	0	New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Incorporated

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ONTO A WIRE ROPE SLING ATTACHED TO THE HOOK ON A CRANE. THE SLING WAS GRIPPING A WOODEN BULKHEAD THAT WAS LYING ON THE GROUND. AS THE BULKHEAD WAS LIFTED, THE LOAD LINE ON THE CRANE CONTACTED A 23-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109021477			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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