Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200961738 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200961738 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302014378	10/15/1997	1771	0	Southern Maryland Restoration, Inc.

Abstract: Four employees were guiding a 2.4-meter by 4.3-meter steel plate weighing about 1.8 metric tons that was suspended by a National Crane (Model No. 656). They were wearing hard hats and safety shoes. Three of the employees were on one side on the sidewalk, and the fourth employee was on the other side, in the street. The crane contacted a 7620-volt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line that was 12.8 meters above the ground. All four employees sustained electric shocks and burns to their hands, feet, and body. They were hospitalized for their injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302014378	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	302014378	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
3	302014378	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
4	302014378	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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