Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201270923 - Employee electrocuted when a crane touched high voltage line

Accident Summary Nr: 201270923 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 03/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302326434	03/08/2000	1791	0	Jerry Cash Dba Cash Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the ground rigging some bar joists to be lifted by a truck mounted crane. The crane contacted a 7.2 KV power line and Employee #1 working on the ground was electrocuted.

Keywords: RIGGING, JOIST, ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302326434			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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