Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200620185 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 200620185 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 04/15/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300457181	04/15/1998	1771	0	George Powell Construction Co

Abstract: Three employees were pouring concrete from a bucket suspended by a truck crane. The form into which they were pouring the concrete was located under a 13.2-kilovolt (7200-volt-to-ground) overhead power line. Two of the employees were holding on to the metal bucket, steadying it as the crane operator moved it away from the form after a pour. The boom or load line contacted the road-side phase conductor of the power line, and both employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted. The other was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300457181			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	300457181			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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