Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 566588 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DRILL RIG

Accident Summary Nr: 566588 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 05/17/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108922477	05/18/1994	1799	0	Long And Long Pier Drilling Co., Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYER AND HIS EMPLOYEE WERE GOING TO OPERATE A PIER DRILLING RIG. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING THE RIG, BACKED THE TRUCK INTO POSITION. HE EXITED THE TRUCK CAB AND WALKED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED TO RETRIEVE A SHOVEL. MEANWHILE, THE EMPLOYER, WHO WAS ON THE TRUCK, RAISED THE DRILLING BOOM. THE TOP OF THE BOOM CONTACTED A 14.4-KV OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS LOCATED 30 FEET, 9 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. WHEN THE DRIVER TOUCHED EITHER THE METAL TRUCK BED OR THE SHOVEL, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE EMPLOYER LOWERED THE BOOM BEFORE GETTING OFF THE TRUCK AND WAS NOT INJURED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108922477			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, construction trades

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