Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14516744 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU SLING

Accident Summary Nr: 14516744 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101743698	07/16/1987	1542	0	Barton-Malow Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101743888	07/17/1987	1629	0	Speeler Marine Contractors Incorporated

Abstract: ON A CLOUDY, HOT, HUMID DAY, A WORK CREW WAS CUTTING CEMENT TEST PILINGS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. AN INGERSOLL-RAND AIR CENTER 185/90 AIR COMPRESSOR USED IN THE OPERATION WAS BEING MOVED BY A GALION DRESSER 15-TON CRANE. THE COMPRESSOR WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE BY ONE LEG OF A FOUR-LEG WIRE ROPE SLING. A TRUCK DRIVER/MECHANIC WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE THE AIR COMPRESSOR, GUIDING IT AS IT WAS BEING MOVED BY THE CRANE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HITCH ATTACHED TO THE AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN ONE OF THE LOOSE LEGS OF THE SLING CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, RIGGING, ELECTROCUTED, LOAD LINE, SLING, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101743698					Occupation Not Listed
2	101743888			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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