Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170194823 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170194823 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/18/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112014071	06/19/1991	1623	0	Murphy Brother Inc

Abstract: Three employees were rigging a section of 1.1-meter-diameter steel pipe that they were going to place in an excavation for the construction of a natural gas supply line. A fourth employee was operating a side-mounted boom on a tractor to handle the pipe. The boom contacted or came too close to a 115-kilovolt overhead power line. All four employees received electric shocks and burns. They were hospitalized for their injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRACTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112014071	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	112014071	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
3	112014071	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Excavating and loading machine operators
4	112014071	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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