Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202088381 - Employee Electrocuted When Crane Contacts Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202088381 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 09/28/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309449536	09/28/2007	1611	237310	Paul Peterson Co.

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on September 28, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were using a truck-mounted boom crane (Manitex M7092) to position a plastic barrel filled with sand at the end of a new automotive test track. The coworker was operating the boom crane. Once the barrel was lowered into position, Employee #1 touched the wire rope sling with his right hand. At the same time, the boom tip was in contact with a 7,900-volt power transmission line and Employee #1 was electrocuted. The weather conditions at the time of the accident were clear and sunny and were not a factor in the accident.

Keywords: INSTALLING, CRANE BOOM, ELECTRIC CABLE, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309449536			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Traffic protection Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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