Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170789366 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 170789366 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 05/28/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300009776	05/29/1998	1623	0	Gas Distribution Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: A crane operator and a laborer were assigned to set an aluminum, hydraulic, speed-shoring trench box into a trench. The trench ran adjacent to and beneath an overhead power line. The employees were using a Drott hydraulic crane to position the trench box. The crane operator swung the boom to the right side of the crane and lifted the trench box from the asphalt parking lot. He then swung the boom to the front of the crane. He started to lower the trench box into the trench. A welder arrived at the site, got out of his truck, and went to the north side of the trench to help the laborer position the load. The load line on the crane had apparently contacted the power line. When the laborer grabbed the trench box to guide it into the trench, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, TRENCH, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300009776			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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