Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056443 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 171056443 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126787225	04/23/1998	1771	0	B T Crane & Concrete Pumping

Abstract: An employee was operating a concrete pumping truck through a cord-connected remote control. The boom of the concrete truck contacted a 46-kilovolt overhead power line, electrocuting the employee.

Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, boom, concrete truck, electrocuted, e c

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126787225			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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