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Accident Summary Nr: 14558365 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14558365 -- Report ID: 0418500 -- Event Date: 09/19/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18111922	09/21/1992	9711	0	U.S. Dept Of The Navy

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE (EMPLOYEE #4) WAS USING A TRUCK BOOM TO LOWER A 55-FOOT-LONG PERSONNEL BROW ONTO A FLAT BED TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER A 7970-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. WHILE HE WAS LOWERING THE LOAD, FOUR OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PUSHING THE LOAD FORWARD TO CENTER IT ON THE FLATBED TRUCK. THREE OF THEM (EMPLOYEES #1, #2, AND #3) WERE ON THE GROUND, THE FOURTH (EMPLOYEE #5) WAS ON THE TRAILER. THE BOOM OPERATOR WAS ON THE BOOM TRUCK. THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER TWO ON THE GROUND RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND SUSTAINED BURNS ON THEIR HANDS AND FEET. EMPLOYEE #2 ALSO SUFFERED CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA. THESE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES. THE LAST TWO EMPLOYEES ALSO RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS, BUT WERE NOT HOSPITALIZED.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18111922	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	18111922	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	18111922	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	18111922	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
5	18111922	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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