Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170127484 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170127484 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/05/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115066417	07/06/1994	1623	0	West Point Municipal Utility

Abstract: A power line crew was stringing new conductors along an existing right of way. A power line worker on the crew had backed a derrick truck up to a new pole near the existing overhead power line. A Kelly bar had been attached to the truck boom to drive an anchor for a guy for the new pole. As the derrick truck operator swung the boom into position, the power line worker held onto the Kelly bar. The power line worker was electrocuted when the boom contacted the existing power line.

Keywords: DERRICK TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, POWER LINE WORKER, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115066417			Fatality	Electric Shock	Electrical power installers and repairers

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