Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14506034 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES THRU CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14506034 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/04/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1570928	04/05/1984	1541	0	Project Construction Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1506922	07/25/1984	3341	0	Golden Recycle Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1506831	07/30/1984	1541	0	Adolph Coors Co., Construction Dept.

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES, ONE OF WHOM WAS A CRANE OPERATOR, WERE ASSIGNED TO RELOCATE PIPES STORED ALONG A FENCE. THEY WERE USING A MOBILE CRANE AND HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THEIR FOREMAN AND BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES AT THE SCENE TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES NEARBY. THE CRANE OPERATOR DISMOUNTED AND HELPED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HOOK THE CHOKER TO A SECTION OF PIPE. THE CRANE OPERATOR THEN REMOUNTED THE CRANE AND WAS SIGNALED BY THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND TO RAISE THE BOOM. THE BOOM STRUCK TWO PHASE LINES OF THE 1320-VOLT (PHASE TO GROUND) SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1570928	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	1506922			Occupation Not Listed
3	1506831			Occupation Not Listed

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