Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200650794 - Employee electrocuted in blasting machine accident

Accident Summary Nr: 200650794 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 06/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304017635	06/06/2003	1611	237310	Ahlgrimm Explosives Company, Inc.

Abstract: On June 5, 2003, Employee #1 was working as part of a blasting crew in New London, WI. He was touching the firing switch on a blasting machine when, during an explosion, one of the wires from the machine was apparently blown into the overhead power lines. Voltage traveled back down the wire to the firing switch, electrocuting him.

Keywords: BLASTING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR

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	304017635			Fatality	Electric Shock	Explosives workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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