Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200355105 - Employees Killed from Electrocution, Crane Contacts Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200355105 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309413508	12/02/2005	1629	237990	Pittsburg Tank & Tower Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 2, 2005, Employee #1, #2, and #3 were constructing a 250,000-gallon water tank. Employee #3, superintendent, was operating a 28-ton Grove rough terrain crane to lift sheets of steel. Employee #2 was assisting Employee #1, holding onto the steel plates. The boom contacted an 14.3-kilovolt conductor. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Employee #2 received an electric shock. Employee #3 received burns to his right hand and chest and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, HAND, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309413508	Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	309413508	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
3	309413508	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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