Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201450681 - Employee Is Killed from Electrocution, Crane Contacts Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201450681 -- Report ID: 0418500 -- Event Date: 08/09/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301117651	08/10/2005	1799	238990	Bulldog Office Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On August 9, 2005, Employee #1 and coworkers were lifting a double-wide mobile trailer with a truck crane. Six house cables, which were attached to the underside of a spreader bar, were lowered down from the top of the trailer so that three of the cables hung down on each side. They pulled the three cables hanging down on the north side of the trailer underneath and attached metal beckets to shorter cables hanging down from the spreader bar on the opposite side. This procedure formed a wire cradle underneath the belly of the trailer. During the lift of the trailer, Employee #1 and five coworkers were stationed around the sides. Employee #1 was holding a house cable in place over a small piece of pipe softener along the bottom edge of the I-beams. The rigging came within 10 ft of a power line and a wire rope lifting sling contacted the 48-kilovolt, 3-phase power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: WIRE ROPE, TRUCK CRANE, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRIC SHOCK, SLING, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301117651			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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