Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200001477 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200001477 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 06/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305382269	06/18/2002	1799	0	Bms Drilling Company

Abstract: Two employees were working around a truck-mounted Hugh Williams 18.3-meter digger when the boom contacted a 7,200-volt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other worker received an electric shock for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305382269			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	305382269			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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