Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14505465 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14505465 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 09/25/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101869352	09/26/1986	1611	0	Loch Sand & Construction Company

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING ABANDONED GAS AND WATER PIPES THAT HAD BEEN EXCAVATED DURING NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION. THEY WERE IN A HURRY BECAUSE THE SALVAGE YARD TO WHICH THEY WERE SELLING THE PIPE CLOSED AT 5 PM. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND GUIDING A 20-FOOT PIPE INTO POSITION ON THE TRUCK. THE TELESCOPIC BOOM OF THE CRANE, WHICH WAS MOUNTED AT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK, CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE GUIDING THE PIPE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101869352			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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