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Accident Summary Nr: 200924041 - Employee Is Electrocuted by Electrical Rail

Accident Summary Nr: 200924041 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 04/30/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308975556	05/01/2005	3312	331112	Roanoke Electric Steel Corp.

Abstract: On April 30, 2005, Employee #1 and his foreman were conducting a routine, weekly crane inspection on the Number 3 billet yard bridge crane. Employee #1 was electrocuted and killed, when he contacted a 480-volt, three-phase "hot" rail, which supplied power to the crane. The foreman found Employee #1.

Keywords: RAIL, ELECTROCUTED, OVERHEAD CRANE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308975556			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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