Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201104106 - Employee Suffers Electrical Burn from Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 201104106 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 07/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300816501	08/13/2003	4941	221310	City Of Modesto

Abstract: On July 1, 2003, an employee and a coworker, city employees, were removing a dirt compactor off the crane truck. The coworker operated the crane from the station location on the platform on the truck. The employee stood on the sidewalk across the street where the compactor was to be set down. The overhead was 12 kV and 69 kV high voltage power lines. The cranes cable made contact with the power lines when the employee was guiding the compactor onto the sidewalk. The employee sustained electrical burns to both feet and left hand for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SAW, HAND, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300816501			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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