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Accident: 201407236 - Employee Electrocuted When Excavator Strikes Power Line

**Accident: 201407236 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/23/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
304906589	09/23/2004	1623	Associated Constructors

On September 23, 2004, Employee #1 was installing a new culvert when the excavator contacted an overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: clearance, excavation, installing, overhead power line, work rules, struck against, construction, trench, excavator

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	304906589			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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