Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202289443 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 202289443 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/22/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302821343	09/27/1999	1794	0	Christo, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was working in an excavation that was approximately 1 meter deep. He was positioning a catch basin being lowering by a backhoe. The boom on the backhoe contacted a 14-kilovolt overhead power line while the employee was holding the catch basin, and he was electrocuted.

Keywords: BACKHOE BOOM, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, BACKHOE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302821343			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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