Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361441 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Load Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201361441 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 01/30/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302399464	01/31/2001	1622	0	B & W Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: A construction company was installing a box-culvert bridge on a highway construction project. An employee was guiding a portable 68-kiloliter Stone Equipment centrifugal sump pump suspended by a crawler crane. The crane's load line contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, electrocuting the employee guiding the pump.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302399464			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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