Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170735211 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 170735211 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120056221	05/15/1995	5211	0	All Roofing Materials

Abstract: Two employees of a roofing materials company had delivered roofing materials to the roof of a house under construction. They had used a boom-type conveyor to lift the material from the back of their truck to the roof. When they were done, one of the employees started cleaning up around the truck, while the other began lowering the conveyor to stow it. As it was being lowered, the conveyor contacted a 16-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee on the ground was electrocuted. (He was also apparently burned by the ensuing electric arc.) The employee operating the conveyor, who had been on the truck, jumped to the ground and hurt his legs.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, CONVEYOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120056221			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	120056221			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction laborers

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