Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200710192 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 200710192 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 03/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123397382	03/27/1997	1771	0	Pioneer Concrete Of Texas, Inc.

Abstract: An employee of a concrete contractor was leaning on a concrete truck. The boom on a pumping truck came too close to a 7200-volt overhead power line, and electric current arced to the boom. Current traveled through the concrete in the pumping truck to the concrete truck, electrocuting the employee who was leaning on it.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, ELECTROCUTED, E C

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	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123397382			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 touching exposed wire/source

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