Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200671402 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru load line

Accident Summary Nr: 200671402 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300499803	09/18/1998	1629	0	Marco Marine Construction, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was on the bed of a flatbed trailer, helping to guide a concrete piling being lifted by a Bucyrus Erie Model 30B friction crawler crane. The load line contacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line. The employee, who was touching the chain sling holding the piling, was electrocuted. (He was pronounced dead at the hospital.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

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	300499803			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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