Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14504815 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14504815 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 05/21/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106638794	05/22/1991	1795	0	D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company

Abstract: An employee was clearing a 6.1-meter-long metal pipe from some fallen trees. He was going to load the pipe onto a flatbed trailer. The pipe was suspended by an 18-metric-ton hydraulic crane. Sometime during the operation, the crane operator raised the boom into contact with a 13.2-kilovolt overhead power line while the employee on the ground had his right hand on the pipe. The employee holding the pipe was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106638794			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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