Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 607176 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 607176 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/07/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18311399	03/07/1988	1623	0	Asplundh Tree Expert Company

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING AGAINST A NATIONAL BOOM TRUCK CRANE (MODEL 228, SERIAL NUMBER 17272) BEING USED TO LOWER WINDOW FORMS INTO A MANHOLE EXCAVATION. THE CRANE WAS POSITIONED DIRECTLY UNDER 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINES, WHICH WERE 30 FEET, 11 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. AFTER THE FIRST LOAD WAS PLACED IN THE EXCAVATION, THE BOOM OF THE CRANE WAS RAISED, AND IT CONTACTED ONE OF THE OVERHEAD LINES. THE EMPLOYEE LEANING AGAINST THE CRANE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18311399			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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