Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200771780 - Employee injured in fall from boom following electric shock

Accident Summary Nr: 200771780 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/05/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303810634	03/06/2002	1794	0	Northwest Excavating Inc.

Abstract: On March 5, 2002, Employee #1, of Northwest Excavating, Inc., climbed up onto the boom of a Cat excavator EX-6 to mark overhead lines with warning tape. In the process, he contacted the 13.8-kilovolt power line. He received an electric shock that caused him to fall off the boom. He dropped approximately 16 ft and landed, face first, onto large gravel. Employee #1 sustained multiple injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, ELECTRIC SHOCK, EXCAVATOR, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303810634			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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