Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200625580 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200625580 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 01/06/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314122813	01/07/2010	1799	238910	D J Drilling & Blasting Inc

Abstract: An employee was moving a drilling rig to a fuel truck to be refueled. The top of the boom of the rig contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line, and he was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314122813			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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