Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170210934 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170210934 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/12/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114794068	09/14/1994	1623	0	Kamphuis Pipeline Co

Abstract: A pipe-laying crew was installing a new water main. They used a backhoe to lower a 12-inch-diameter ductile iron pipe into a 6-foot-deep trench. They noticed that the end of the pipe was damaged and decided to raise it back out of the trench. A pipe layer was holding the end of the pipe to guide it when the boom of the backhoe contacted a 7620-volt overhead power line. The pipe layer was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114794068			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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