Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200644656 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200644656 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/03/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313690265	03/04/2010	1781	237110	Eastman Drilling Co.

Abstract: An employee was using a drilling rig to drill a hole for a water well on residential property. The employee had moved the truck away from the hole and was lowering the boom when it contacted an overhead power line. The employee, who was standing at the controls, was electrocuted. He was also thrown about a meter from the rig.

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
Single family or duplex dwelling		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	313690265			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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