Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171065147 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 171065147 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 09/25/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115263816	09/25/1996	1521	0	Pape & Sons Construction Inc

Abstract: Two employees were moving a manhole into place. One of them, a backhoe operator, brought the boom of his backhoe into contact with a 7200-volt single-phase overhead power line. The other employee, a laborer, grabbed a chain supported by the backhoe so that he could attach it to the manhole. The laborer received an electric shock. The operator moved the backhoe away from the power line and went to assist the laborer. The operator also received an electric shock, so he returned to the backhoe and moved it further from the power line. His rescue efforts were to no avail however. The laborer had been electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115263816			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers
2	115263816			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Excavating and loading machine operators

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