Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14528608 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14528608 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/27/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109256602	07/28/1995	1761	0	Raymond E. Pelts Contracting

Abstract: An employee was operating a Skyhook crane to move steel beams that were stored directly beneath a 7200-volt-to-ground overhead power line. The load line contacted an outside phase conductor on the power line, and the employee was electrocuted. (No load was suspended at the time of the accident.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109256602			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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