Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14498141 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14498141 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 09/03/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100255124	09/04/1985	1623	0	O & O Construction Co Inc

Abstract: At a highway construction site, a crew was installing an underground drainage system. A signaler for a Grove hydraulic crane (Model No. RT-580) was placing steel pins on a sling at the end of the crane's load line into holes in a concrete culvert that was about 0.9 meters by 1.2 meters in dimension. The signaler was standing on top of the culvert with a steel pin in each hand when the crane boom contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. He was electrocuted.

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	100255124			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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