Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14565501 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 14565501 -- Report ID: 0950412 -- Event Date: 03/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14588362	03/14/1985	1623	0	Swengel Robbins Tucson Const Div

Abstract: A CONTRACTOR WAS INSTALLING A 16-FOOT SECTION OF 24-INCH-DIAMETER WATER LINE IN A TRENCH. THE CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEES WERE USING A LORAIN 20-TON WHEEL-MOUNTED CRANE (MODEL NUMBER 200) TO HANDLE THE PIPE. THE CRANE WAS BEING OPERATED NEAR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE (7960 VOLTS TO GROUND). THE POWER LINE RAN PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRENCH. THE CRANE HAD JUST BEEN MOVED SO THAT IT WAS CLOSER TO THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES SIGNALLED THE CRANE FORWARD, THEN HE MOVED BACK BESIDE THE LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER AND TOUCHED THE CRANE. THE CRANE HAD CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14588362			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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