Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200040491 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Load Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200040491 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 04/17/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303404370	04/18/2001	1622	0	Weeminuche Construction Authority

Abstract: A crew was replacing a 3-meter by 6-meter metal-frame bridge across an irrigation ditch. One of the employees pulled the crane's load line to reattach it to the southwest corner of the bridge. The boom on the crane or the load line contacted a nearby 7970-volt overhead power line. The employee holding the load line was electrocuted.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303404370			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge deck Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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