Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200980209 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru boom

Accident Summary Nr: 200980209 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 02/14/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300712007	02/14/2000	1623	0	Okemah Construction

Abstract: Two employees were using a Caterpillar 561C sideboom to unload pipe from a truck. The boom was 8.5 meters long. A cable on the sideboom contacted an overhead power line, electrocuting both employees.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300712007			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	300712007			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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