Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201560463 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Load Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201560463 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/27/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303613392	12/29/2000	1623	0	Gerber Const Inc

Abstract: An employee was positioning a water pipe that was suspended by a crane. The crane's load line contacted an overhead power line, and the employee holding the pipe received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303613392			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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