Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14511240 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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100300862 | 09/05/1985 | 1611 | 0 | H. B. Zachry Company |
Abstract: A CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CREW WAS SPREADING CRUSHED MATERIAL ON A SLOPE AT THE SIDE OF A ROADWAY IN PREPARATION FOR POURING CONCRETE. BECAUSE THE SLOPE WAS LONG, A CRANE-SUSPENDED CONCRETE BUCKET WAS BEING USED TO MOVE THE MATERIAL FROM THE ROADWAY TO THEIR DESTINATION ON THE SLOPE. ONE OF THE CREW'S EMPLOYEES SIGNALLED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO POSITION THE BUCKET. THE CRANE BOOM CONTACTED A 17.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE CONCRETE BUCKET. A SECOND EMPLOYEE NEAR THE BUCKET RECEIVED A MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 100300862 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | ||
2 | 100300862 | Non Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported |