Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200632297 - Pump Truck Hits Overhead Wires and Kills Concrete Worker

Accident Summary Nr: 200632297 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311682066	10/22/2010	1771	238110	New Era Homes, Inc.

Abstract: On October 22, 2010, Employee #1, a 31 year-old male with New Era Homes, Inc., was pouring sections of footers for a retaining wall. The operator of the pump truck had set up close to energized lines. The pump truck operator was operating the boom of the truck remotely and contacted the energized line with the boom. Employee #1 who was also the owner of the company had a hold of the tip section or the flexible rubber hose attached to the boom which was reinforced with metal wire. Employee #1 was placing the concrete, which was pouring out of the flexible rubber hose when the boom contacted the overhead lines. Employee #1 was electrocuted in the event. The investigation also revealed that there were burn marks on two of the rebar dowel rods which were approximately twenty-four inches in height.

Keywords: ELECTROCUTED, HOSE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, PUMP, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311682066			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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