Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170054803 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170054803 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 01/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125300616	01/18/1995	1799	0	Carolina Sets Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125300624	01/18/1995	7359	0	Charlotte Crane Service Div. Williams Supply Co. I

Abstract: Three employees were helping a crane operator move a spreader bar into position so that a crane could lift a modular home to place it on its foundation. The three employees were holding onto two of four wire rope slings as the crane was in motion. The remaining slings contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. The three employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted. The other two were hospitalized with severe burns.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURN, ELECTROCUTED, LOAD LINE, SLING, SPREADER BAR, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125300616	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	125300616	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	125300616	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
4	125300624			Occupation Not Listed

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