Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200354538 - Employee injured when excavator arm contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200354538 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308779958	05/09/2005	1711	238910	Rea Contracting Llc

Abstract: On April 27, 2005, Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar 318 excavator when the knuckle of the boom contacted a 13,600 volt overhead power line. Afterward, Employee #1 stated that his left arm felt numb and hot. He was transported to the UNC Chapel Hill burn unit, where he was hospitalized overnight and released the following day.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXCAVATOR, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308779958			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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