Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200553204 - Employee is electrocuted while working alongside trackhoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200553204 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 12/23/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305962383	12/23/2003	1623	237110	B & K Construction Company Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 23, 2003, Employees #1 and a trackhoe operator were installing sheet pilings in a 9-foot-deep hole that was dug for a manhole in a sewerline. The pilings were to protect the employees from cave-ins. Initially, the operator would hold up each piling with the trackhoe bucket, while Employee #1 put it into place. Then, the trackhoe would be used to push the piling into the mud. As the operator maneuvered the trackhoe to get it into position, the bucket came into contact with a high power line that contained 7,620 volts. Employee #1 came into contact with the sheet piling and was electrocuted.

Keywords: PILING, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, DIRECT CURRENT, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305962383			Fatality	Electric Shock	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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