Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201623311 - Employee Is Shocked When Crane Makes Contact with Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 201623311 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 10/13/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315932426	10/13/2011	1521	236115	Slayden Construction Group Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on October 13, 2011, Employee #1 was working inside a cofferdam structure at the base of a hydroelectric power generation plant. He was working on constructing a fish protective structure, and was standing in a few inches of water while cleaning a screen. A 150-ton crane was being used to set a sump pump in an area located approximately 150 feet away from Employee #1's working position. The hoist line of the crane encroached upon a 115-kilovolt transmission line and an arc occurred. Employee #1 fell to the ground unconscious and coworkers in the immediate area came to his aid, and emergency services were called. Coworkers performed CPR for over ten minutes until an AED on site was retrieved and used. Employee #1 was airlifted to a hospital where he made a full recovery.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315932426			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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