Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200784130 - Crane Contacts Powerline,employee Killed, Another Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 200784130 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309543239	03/24/2007	1542	236220	Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309543247	03/25/2007	1629	238910	Okie Foundation Drilling Co., Inc.

Abstract: On March 23, 2007, Employee #1 was working on a site where another company had been hired to install and remove the steel casings and install the rebar assemblies. During the construction of foundation piers for a new building under construction an employee of the subcontractor was drilling pier holes, installing steel casings and reinforcing steel (rebar) assemblies into those casings. While preparing to rig and pick a reinforcing steel (rebar) assembly into a previously drilled 42-ft deep pier hole the crane operator swung the boom into a 7,620-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was standing near the right rear outrigger when he was fatally electrocuted. An employee of the drilling company who was standing near the left rear outrigger was severely injured and hospitalized.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, REBAR, ELECTRIC SHOCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		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	309543239			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	309543247			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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