Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202126207 - Electric Shock - Contact with Underground Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202126207 -- Report ID: 0627410 -- Event Date: 07/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301569919	07/29/2000	1629	0	Cdk Contracting Company

Abstract: An employee of a contracting company was in an excavation, using an air-operated jackhammer to break concrete. The bit of the jackhammer penetrated a cable for a 4160-volt underground power line, and the employee was electrocuted. A second employee received an electric shock when he tried to lift the first employee from the excavation. The second employee was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, JACKHAMMER, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, UNDRGRD POWER LINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301569919			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Electrocution from equipment installation/tool use
2	301569919			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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