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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30877995805/09/20051711238910Rea 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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