Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200753655 - Employee killed when excavator contacts overhead power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200753655 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 02/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304364078	02/19/2002	1629	0	Charles H. Hamilton Company

Abstract: At approximately 12 noon on February 18, 2002, Employee #1 was helping the operator of a John Deere Excavator, model 450LC, lift a Reynolds Drag box, model LS-14, to load it onto a trailer. He was standing on the ground and was touching the tongue of the drag box when the arm of the excavator contacted a 69-kilovolt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304364078			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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