Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201262243 - Emplouyee electrocuted in trench by severed power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201262243 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/07/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311264808	08/07/2007	1794	238910	Swallow Construction Corporation

Abstract: At 12:31 p.m. on August 7, 2007, on a hot, sunny afternoon following rain showers, Employee #1 and two coworkers were working in a 5 ft deep by 4 ft wide by 9 ft long trench when the boom of the excavator, operated by a third coworker, struck and broke a 7,200-volt, C-phase electrical line. The broken line struck Employee #1, electrocuting him. It had rained earlier in the day and there was water at the bottom of the trench and the soil was saturated throughout the trench and around it. No other injuries were reported. The excavator was operating within 10 ft of the energized power lines.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, EXCAVATOR, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311264808			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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