Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320637 - One employee killed, one hurt when boom strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201320637 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 08/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306583378	08/23/2004	1771	238110	Lancaster Poured Walls Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306583360	08/23/2004	1799	238190	King Construction Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306583352	08/23/2004	1521	236115	Jjw Ii Properties Inc

Abstract: On August 23, 2004, Employee #1, who was a co-owner of Lancaster Poured Walls, Inc., and a coworker were using a pumper truck to pour concrete into a foundation in West Conshohocken, PA. Employee #1 was holding a hose connected to the truck when the truck's boom, which was being operated by an employee of another company, contacted an overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. The coworker was standing nearby and sustained an electric shock, for which he was treated at the scene. The pumper truck had been set up over the power lines and contact was made when the pressure on the pumper was turned up.

Keywords: TRUCK BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, BOOM TRUCK, CONCRETE FORM WORK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CONCRETE TRUCK, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306583378	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	306583360			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	306583352			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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