Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201992039 - Employee electrocuted when excavator boom hits power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201992039 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 09/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309390813	09/16/2005	1611	237310	The Ashton Company Inc., Contractors And Engineers

Abstract: On September 16, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman, was at a site where a 350L Caterpillar excavator was lifting a four-cycle Mikasa rammer out of an excavation. The rammer was connected to the knuckle of the excavator bucket with a 20 ft-long metal choker. The boom of the excavator contacted the overhead power lines and, when Employee #1 reached for the rammer, he was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, BOOM, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, EXCAVATOR

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			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309390813			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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