Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14336952 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14336952 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110068178	12/19/1990	1622	0	A.M. Tuck, Inc. Georgia Division

Abstract: A CREW OF LABORERS WAS USING A CRAWLER CRANE TO LOWER A 1-CUBIC-YARD BUCKET OF CONCRETE. THE CRANE WAS OPERATED WITHIN 10 FEET OF A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE FLAGMAN STOPPED THE MOVEMENT OF THE CRANE, AND THREE CREW MEMBERS PUSHED THE BUCKET TO THE AREA WHERE THE CONCRETE WAS TO BE POURED. THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE; AND TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE BUCKET, WERE ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110068178			Fatality	Amputation	Construction laborers
2	110068178			Fatality	Amputation	Construction laborers

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