Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554323 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14554323 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 06/17/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101854891	06/18/1987	1611	0	Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: Some employees were moving barricades from the north side of a road to their final position for permanent installation. One of the employees was holding a chain sling attached to the load line of the crane they were using to move the barricades. The crane was backing to the east, and its boom came too close to a 14-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee holding the sling was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101854891			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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