Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344736 - Heavy Equipment Overturns on Worker, Kills Worker

Accident Summary Nr: 201344736 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 07/23/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311791115	07/23/2008	1623	237130	Capital Electric Line Builders, Inc

Abstract: On July 23, 2008, Employee #1 was operating a T75-2H/2 Hydraulic Bullwheel Tensioner (conductor stringing equipment), pulling electrical conductors at a field job site near Tonganoxie, Kansas. Employee #1 was standing on the platform at the operator's panel box; a coworker was on the ground next to Employee #1. Both employees noticed the electrical cables bouncing. Another coworker was working on a V- Grove machine when he noticed that the wire boat was uneven. Without warning, the T75-2H/2 Hydraulic Bullwheel Tensioner overturned on Employee #1, trapping him. Emergency Medical Services was called. A coworker unhooked the Digger truck from the V-Grove machine and lifted the Hydraulic Bullwheel Tensioner off Employee #1. CPR was administered until the emergency medical crew arrived. Employee #1 was killed due to crushing injuries.

Keywords: ELECTRIC CABLE, PINNED, MACHINE OPERATOR, CRUSHED, WIRE DRAWING MACHINE, OVERTURN

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311791115			Fatality	Other	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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