Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200554954 - Employee electrocuted when forklift boom strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200554954 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/29/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310253562	08/30/2007	1791	238190	Southern Construction Erectors, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 29, 2007, Employee #1 was using a rough terrain forklift to move welding machines from the roof of a building under construction. He had successfully moved two machines, but while moving the third, the boom of the forklift contacted an overhead electrical line in front of the building. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, IND TRK OPERATOR, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING

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	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310253562			Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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