Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200450849 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 200450849 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 12/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302616214	12/03/1999	1799	0	Ken'S Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Some employees were loading 4.3-meter by 0.6-meter steel outdoor sign panels onto the bed of a boom truck. The weather was clear and dry. The employees had positioned the truck so that its bed was 1.6 meters beneath a 7200-volt overhead power line and had extended the outriggers. The operator elevated the boom to about 60 degrees, and employees secured the panels to the load line with nylon straps. As the operator lowered the panels to the bed of the truck, the load line contacted the power line. The helper at the rear of the truck was electrocuted, either because he was touching the rear of the truck or because of potential gradients in the earth.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, POTENTIAL GRADIENT, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, LOAD LINE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302616214			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	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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