Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602910 - Employee Is Killed from Electrocution, Crane Contacts Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200602910 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 02/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307951244	02/17/2005	1611	237310	Young Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On February 16, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were pouring a concrete wall directly under a power line. They dumped the concrete bucket, and the crane's boom went up approximately 3 ft and contacted a 7,600 volt power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted and died.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AERIAL LIFT, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307951244			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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