Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202003281 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 202003281 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 10/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301451431	10/21/1998	1611	0	American Concrete Pumping

Abstract: An employee was setting up a concrete pumping truck. As he was using a remote control device to position the boom, it contacted a 34-kilovolt overhead power line, electrocuting the employee.

Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, boom, concrete truck, electrocuted, e gi ia

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301451431			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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