Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14525463 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GIRDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14525463 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/10/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101717791	10/16/1986	1541	0	Interstate Industrial Park Ltd.

Abstract: ONE OVERCAST AND CLOUDY DAY, A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOREMAN WAS INSTALLING METAL ROOF SUPPORT GIRDERS ACROSS THE METAL TRUSSES OF THE SHELL OF A WAREHOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS MANEUVERING ONE 21-FOOT-LONG GIRDER INTO PLACE WHEN THE GIRDER CONTACTED A NEARBY 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE FOREMAN WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: GIRDER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101717791			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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