Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201770021 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 201770021 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 07/03/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106981251	07/05/1996	5032	0	Le-Ed Concrete And Supply Co.

Abstract: A truck driver for a construction materials supply company was delivering two pallets of flagstone to a residence. He backed his boom truck into the driveway, with the cab extending into the street. The boom truck was 3.4 meters high with the boom lowered. An overhead power line ran across the driveway at a height of about 5.5 meters above the ground. The employee was standing on the ground next to the truck, operating the boom by remote control. He had unloaded the first pallet and was unloading the second one when the boom contacted the power line. The employee was electrocuted.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106981251			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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