Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200963692 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Load Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200963692 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/27/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303982151	08/27/2000	1751	0	C & C Construction

Abstract: A bundle of trusses was lying below a 13.8-kilovolt (phase-to-phase) overhead power line that was 10.7 meters above the ground. An employee was going to use a 1988 Grove crane (Model No. TMS 528B, Serial No. 71550) to lift the trusses. The boom had been positioned about 24.4 meters above the ground at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. The employee had attached a synthetic web sling to the hook and was running the sling through the trusses to the hook. He pulled on the load line as he was attaching the sling, and the load line contacted the power line. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303982151			Fatality	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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