Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170241343 - Employee electrocuted when backhoe boom strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 170241343 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 12/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305684078	12/05/2002	1521	236115	Central Concrete & Utilities Inc

Abstract: On December 2, 2002, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing sewer line in a new residential development. He attached a section of pipe to a wire rope choker and attached the choker to a hook on the bucket of a track hoe. He then supported the pipe as it was moved to the trench. He had one hand on the wire rope choker when the boom of the track hoe contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305684078			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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