Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14333454 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14333454 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/30/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109717397	12/01/1992	1623	0	King Pipeline And Utility Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109717405	12/01/1992	1623	0	W & L Corporation

Abstract: THE OPERATOR OF A FORD BOOM TRUCK HAD POSITIONED HIS TRUCK UNDER AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AS HE WAS MOVING A LOAD OF VALVES ON A WOODEN PALLET, THE BOOM CONTACTED THE 72-KILOVOLT POWER LINE, AND THE OPERATOR WAS ELECTROCUTED. A LABORER HOLDING THE GUIDE LINE FOR THE LOAD WAS ALSO ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109717397			Fatality	Electric Shock	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
2	109717405			Fatality	Electric Shock	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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