Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200450211 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 200450211 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 04/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300327590	04/16/1997	1541	0	Alabama River Capital Projects, Inc.

Abstract: Three employees were rigging a load to a hydraulic telescoping truck crane. The boom on the crane contacted a 69-kilovolt overhead power line, and all three employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted. The other two employees were permanently disabled by their injuries.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300327590	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	300327590	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
3	300327590	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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