Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200401503 - Employee electrocuted when crane cable strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200401503 -- Report ID: 0112900 -- Event Date: 09/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303786925	09/12/2001	1799	0	Roy'S Welding

Abstract: On September 12, 2001, Employee #1 was landing a load suspended from a crane when the crane's main cable contacted a 34,500-kilovolt overhead transmission line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303786925			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Hoisting Bundles Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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