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Accident Summary Nr: 201340635 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201340635 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/14/1999
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30275435306/15/199917990Deb 'N' Dan Construction Company

Abstract: An employee was guiding an I-beam into a foundation. The I-beam was suspended by a nylon sling attached to the forks of a Loadall loader. The employee was electrocuted when the I-beam contacted an overhead power line.

Keywords: BEAM, STEEL BEAM, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, MECH MAT HANDLING
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling New project or new addition $50,000 to $250,000 1 8 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 302754353 Fatality Electric Shock Carpenters Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Interior carpentry
Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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