Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14346845 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14346845 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101828325	07/02/1986	7363	0	Staff Management Systems
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101828317	07/02/1986	3448	0	General Engineering & Machine Co., Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE FLAT BED OF A TRACTOR TRAILER HELPING TO UNLOAD STEEL BEAM SECTIONS. HE WAS HOOKING UP THE STEEL BEAMS TO THE LOAD LINE OF A HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE. (THE CRANE WAS MOUNTED ON A DIFFERENT TRUCK.) AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AT A HEIGHT OF 28.5 FEET. THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE AS ONE OF THE STEEL BEAMS WAS BEING LIFTED, CAUSING THE CRANE'S 0.5-INCH WIRE-ROPE LOAD LINE TO SWING INTO THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE STEEL BEAM, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101828325			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	101828317					Occupation Not Listed

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