Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14342687 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 14342687 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 12/02/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101048478	12/03/1986	1611	0	Archer Western Contractors Ltd Inc.

Abstract: A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MOVE A GROUND TILLING MACHINE TO A FENCED STORAGE AREA AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE MACHINE, WHICH WAS RESTING ON A TRAILER, WAS BEING MOVED IN TWO LIFTS. A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 29 FEET ABOVE THE FENCE AT THE STORAGE AREA. A 30-FOOT SPREADER SLING WAS ATTACHED TO THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE. THE FIRST LIFT WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOR THE SECOND LIFT, A 10-FOOT SLING CHAIN WAS ADDED TO THE LOAD LINE ATTACHMENT. AFTER THE CRANE MOVED THE SECOND SECTION INTO POSITION (NEAR THE OVERHEAD LINE), A GROUND MAN BEGAN TO UNHOOK THE LOAD AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. APPARENTLY, THE CRANE OR THE LOAD LINE EITHER HAD CONTACTED OR HAD COME TOO CLOSE TO THE OVERHEAD LINE.

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	101048478			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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