Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901791 - Employee electrocuted when excavator contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200901791 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307411538	05/04/2006	1781	237110	Southern Champion Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:50 a.m. on May 4, 2006, Employee #1 and coworkers were hydro-drilling a well using a Caterpillar excavator that had a 20 ft long, 4 in. thick steel pipe attached to the bucket using an 8 ft wire rope. The work was being done near 76-kilovolt overhead power lines. Employee #1 was standing on the ground, holding and moving the pipe, when part of the excavator contacted one of the power lines. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, EXCAVATOR, METAL PIPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		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	307411538			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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