Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202289328 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Load Line

Accident Summary Nr: 202289328 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/19/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100349612	11/19/1999	1771	0	R.W. Harris, Inc.

Abstract: An employee working for a foundation contractor had just completed constructing concrete foundations for a communication tower. He was cleaning up and loading metal beams onto the bed of a Manitex truck-mounted crane (Model No. 2284). The crane operator, who was about to lower the crane boom into the traveling position, rotated the crane boom. The load line contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, electrocuting the first employee, who was contacting the truck bed.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	100349612			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	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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