Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554166 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14554166 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/14/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1802768	05/15/1984	1522	0	Knudson Inc

Abstract: An employee was holding the discharge hose from a concrete truck, directing the flow of concrete into a form in a pit. The rubber hose was reinforced with metal and had an exterior metal ring. The boom on the concrete truck came too close to a 13.8-kilovolt overhead power line, and the employee holding the hose was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1802768			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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