Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201402336 - electric shock - contact with overhead line thru boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201402336 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/15/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127295186	10/16/1998	1623	0	Walton Contr Inc

Abstract: An employee was installing a 305-millimeter-diameter water main. He was in the bore pit with his right hand on the wire rope choker when the lifting equipment contacted an overhead power line. He received an electric shock and burns for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127295186			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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