Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 201404258 - Electric Shock - Contact With Underground Line

**Accident: 201404258 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/12/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
127082261	07/14/2000	1541	Design & Build Inc

A construction laborer was operating a John Deere crawler excavator (Model No. 490) to install a water main located to the west of a substation, The shovel on the excavator struck an underground power line running between the substation and some utility poles. The employee received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: excavation, electrical, e c, electric shock, excavator, undrgrd power line

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	127082261			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Other

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