Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200371508 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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303548846 | 04/18/2001 | 1629 | 0 | Associated Industrial Construction, Inc. |
Abstract: Employees were working on a project to expand a water treatment facility. They were using a crane to lift buckets of gravel into a trench to build up the bed for a concrete pour. The crane contacted a 23-kilovolt overhead power line. An employee on the ground who was touching the crane bucket was electrocuted.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Sewer/water treatment plant | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | X |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 303548846 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Construction trades, n.e.c. | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |