Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 14540645 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Crane Boom

**Accident: 14540645 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 12/24/1985**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100433069	12/26/1985	1541	New England Construction & Management Group, Inc.
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100433077	12/26/1985	1799	South Shore Drilling & Blasting, Inc.

AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BLASTING LEADS THAT WERE CONNECTED TO A METAL BLASTING MAT BEING MOVED BY A CRANE. AS IT WAS MOVING THE MAT INTO POSITION, THE CRANE CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE LOAD LINE, THE MAT, AND THE BLASTING LEADS HELD BY THE EMPLOYEE, WHO PROVIDED A PATH TO GROUND AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, e c, boom, crane boom, electrocuted, crane

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100433069					Occupation Not Listed
2	100433077			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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