Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170564850 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170564850 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 08/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126582212	08/04/1999	1542	0	R. L. Larson Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working in a trench. A backhoe contacted an overhead power line, and current arced into the trench, electrocuting the employee.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, TRENCH, E C, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126582212			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Backfilling and compacting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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