Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201760287 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 201760287 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 03/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301307492	03/28/1997	1611	0	Forde Construction

Abstract: Some employees were moving concrete barriers. The barriers had to be moved about 100 to 200 millimeters to allow enough room for a paving machine to maneuver. The employees were using a crane with a metal barrier clamp attached to the load line on the crane. Although the employees were supposed to wait for the superintendent to arrive, they started the operation without him. Despite the use of one of the employees as an observer, the boom of the crane contacted an overhead power line. One of the employees, who had been holding onto the metal barrier clamp at the time, was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301307492			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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