Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201761285 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 201761285 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 11/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302575519	11/08/2000	1623	0	Contemporary Constructors Inc.

Abstract: A crane company was unloading tower equipment when the boom of a crane contacted an overhead power line. An employee of another contractor, who was unloading equipment, was in contact with the rigging and 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
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302575519			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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