Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170162101 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170162101 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/25/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120089719	02/07/1995	1629	0	Western Commtower Inc

Abstract: An employee was rigging a communication tower section to the load line of a hydraulic truck-mounted crane as part of a tower erection job. The crane, which had an 18-meter jib on a 49-meter-long boom, contacted a 161-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee, who was working from a metal extension ladder, received an electric shock and burns to his right hand and left leg. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: burn, overhead power line, electrical, telecom work, boom, crane boom, e tc, electric shock, crane

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120089719			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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