Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14526719 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE LOAD

Accident Summary Nr: 14526719 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 11/08/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100350511	11/08/1985	1791	0	Florida Welding Inc.

Abstract: A METAL BAR JOIST WAS BEING HOISTED INTO PLACE BY A CRANE. THE CRANE HAD A 130-FOOT BOOM AND JIB, AND THE JOIST WAS 52 FEET LONG. A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD LINE WAS LOCATED 102 FEET FROM THE CENTER PIN OF THE CRANE'S CARRIAGE, AT THE FAR END OF THE JOIST. THE LOAD WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY A TAG LINE AT THE END AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE, AND AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE JOIST TO GUIDE IT ONTO A PAD ON THE WALL OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT WAS TO BE PLACED. A GUST OF WIND CARRIED THE METAL JOIST INTO THE POWER LINE AS IT WAS BEING SWUNG AROUND, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE JOIST.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, JOIST, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100350511			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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