Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201113412 - Employee injured when crane boom strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201113412 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/18/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126023357	09/18/2001	1623	0	Cornish Construction

Abstract: At approximately 11:55 a.m. on September 18, 2001, Employee #1 was part of a crew using a hydraulic crane to move heavy-duty trench-shoring equipment at a pipe-laying construction site in North Hollywood, CA. He was removing a rigging shackle from a steel I-beam when the crane boom contacted an overhead, energized high voltage conductor. Employee #1 suffered an electrical shock and burns to his abdomen. He was transported to the Sherman Oaks/Grossman Burn Center, where he was hospitalized for several days. The cause of the accident was an alleged serious violation of Electrical Safety Order 2946(b)(2), which required that this type of equipment not be operated within 10 ft of high voltage conductors.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, ABDOMEN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, HYDRAULIC 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126023357			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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