Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371284 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200371284 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302438262	08/26/2000	1771	0	Carolina Concrete Pumping Inc.

Abstract: An employee was delivering concrete to a house under construction. He stopped his concrete pumping truck and got out. Standing on the ground, he was using a remote control device to move the boom. The boom contacted an overhead power line, and the employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, ELECTROCUTED, E C

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302438262			Fatality	Electric Shock	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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