Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200374130 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200374130 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/22/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310338496	02/23/2007	1799	238990	Straight Shooter Game Fencing, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was using a tractor-mounted, hydraulic post driver to install posts for a perimeter fence for a hunt club. In some places, the fence ran under a 7,200-volt overhead power line. The employee operated the post driver while standing on the ground beside it. He had driven seven posts and was driving an eighth post when the upper section of the post-driver attachment contacted the power line. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, HYDRAULIC TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		2600	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310338496			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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