Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339321 - Employee shocked when crane cable contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 202339321 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 11/05/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304731268	11/07/2001	1791	0	Beck Erection & Leasing Corp.

Abstract: On November 5, 2001, Employee #1, an iron worker, was part of a crew installing steel joists on a block wall, He was guiding a steel joist into a wall pocket when the crane cable contacted a 13-kilovolt overhead power line. Employee #1 was knocked to the ground but fell on loose dirt and did not suffer injuries that required hospitalization. No attempt had been made to safeguard the approximately 33 ft high power lines that ran partially above the building.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, INSTALLING, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE BOOM, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304731268			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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