Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14398028 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14398028 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 02/24/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109452508	02/25/1993	1622	0	Jay Dee Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MOVE A LOAD OF SOIL. THE CRANE WAS ON WOODEN PALLETS. AN ELECTRIC CORD FOR A LIGHT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CRANE. THIS CORD WENT TO ANOTHER LIGHT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A METAL BRACE ON A SHAFT. A METAL CHAIN WENT FROM THE SHAFT TO METAL RAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. AN EMPLOYEE STANDING ON THE RAILS, USING A METAL POWER SPADE, WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE WORK AREA WERE NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE RAILS AND WERE NOT INJURED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109452508			Fatality	Electric Shock	Mining machine operators

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