Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200513141 - Employee electrocuted when pole contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200513141 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/02/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303882146	07/05/2002	1794	0	Whaley Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: On July 2, 2002, Employee #1 was attempting to steady a secondary wooden joint-use pole as it was being pulled out of the ground by the front bucket of a tractor-backhoe. He was electrocuted when the pole contacted a 7,200-volt, single phase, overhead power line.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, MECH MAT HANDLING, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303882146			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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