Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202126488 - Employee killed when clothes ignite from arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 202126488 -- Report ID: 0627410 -- Event Date: 11/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307248096	11/03/2006	1771	238110	Manuel Franco Construction

Abstract: On November 3, 2006, Employee #1, of Manuel Franco Construction, was directing a concrete pumping hose. The pumping unit was operating adjacent to some overhead power lines and an electrical arc flashed to the pumping boom. Employee #1's were ignuted and he sustained fatal burns.

Keywords: BURN, CLEARANCE, CONCRETE PUMP, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307248096			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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