Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201330354 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201330354 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 05/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2076255	05/26/1999	5211	0	Hbs Building Supplies Inc.

Abstract: Employees were using a boom truck to deliver wallboard to a construction site. The boom contacted a 34.5-kilovolt overhead power line, and one of the phase conductors separated. One end of the conductor landed on the truck, and the other end landed on the ground. The delivery helper, who was standing on the ground next to the truck and may have been touching it, was electrocuted.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, POTENTIAL GRADIENT, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2076255			Fatality	Electric Shock	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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