Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14545420 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 14545420 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 04/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106225485	04/30/1990	1623	0	W S C Contracting, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106225477	04/30/1990	1629	0	American General Consructors, Inc.

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PLACING A 30-FOOT-LONG WOODEN LIGHT POLE ON THE BANK OF A DITCH. THE POLE WAS SUSPENDED FROM AN 18-TON GROVE CRANE. THE POLE, WHICH HAD A GROUND WIRE RUN ALONG ITS LENGTH AND WHICH HAD A METAL ARM AND OTHER HARDWARE INSTALLED, WAS BEING PLACED UNDER A 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. DURING THIS OPERATION, THE BOOM OF THE CRANE, THE LOAD LINE, OR THE POLE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURN, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106225485			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	106225477			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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