Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067451 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Bull Float

Accident Summary Nr: 201067451 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307027755	04/05/2004	1791	238120	Price Brothers Concrete

Abstract: An employee was using a bull float with a 6.7-meter-long aluminum handle to finish a concrete slab at a new-home construction site. A 12-kilovolt overhead power line crossed the perimeter of property at a height of 4.3 meters close to where the employee was working. The handle of the bull float contacted the power line, and the employee received an electric shock and sustained severe burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CONCRETE FLOAT, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	19

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307027755			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	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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