Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761159 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 170761159 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304051105	07/19/2001	1542	236220	W.A. Sheets & Sons Inc.

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: CONCRETE PUMP, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304051105			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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