Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170708440 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170708440 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 07/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120065271	07/19/1995	1731	0	Oil Field Electric Company

Abstract: Some employees of an electrical contractor were loading old utility poles onto a trailer. The poles had been stored beneath a 16-kilovolt overhead power line. The electrical foreman on the site was storing equipment in a compartment on a truck crane at the time. The crane's boom, which was being used to move the poles, contacted the power line. The foreman was electrocuted.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120065271			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; electricians & power transm. install.

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