Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201703063 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201703063 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 09/29/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314520636	09/30/2010	4911	221122	Columbia Power Cooperative Association
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314520644	10/07/2010	2411	113310	Engle Contracting Llc

Abstract: A log loader operator had been loading a log truck at a landing. After he finished loading the truck, the loader boom contacted a 14.4-kilovolt overhead power line. The truck driver was electrocuted, and the loader operator sustained an electric shock, third-degree burns, and a fractured hand. The loader operator was hospitalized for his injuries. (The original form did not list the truck driver on an injury line.)

Keywords: LOG LOADER, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURN, FRACTURE, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314520636					Occupation not reported
2	314520644			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Excavating and loading machine operators

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