Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170761159 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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304051105 | 07/19/2001 | 1542 | W.A. Sheets & Sons Inc. |
Employee #1 was working for a contractor, distributing concrete into a wall form from a concrete pump truck. He was standing on a two-plank bracket scaffold, located 3 meters above a lower level. The boom of the concrete pump truck was 0.9 to 1.2 meters from an overhead power line. Electric current arced from a phase conductor to the boom. Employee #1 was electrocuted.
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 3 | X |
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 304051105 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |