Abstract: A THREE-PERSON CREW WAS WORKING IN A 2-FOOT, 4-INCH-DEEP EXCAVATION. THE WERE SETTING UP A BORING RIG TO INSTALL A 20-INCH-DIAMETER CASING UNDER A TWO-LANE PAVED ROAD. THE BORING MACHINE WAS IN PLACE, AND THE FIRST SECTION OF CASING, WITH AN AUGER INSIDE IT, WAS BEING SET IN THE EXCAVATION. AS THE LOAD WAS LOWERED, THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED AN 11.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE MEMBER OF THE CREW, WHO WAS GUIDING THE LOAD TO THE BORING RIG AT THE TIME, WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE CRANE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE CRANE AND WAS NOT HARMED. HE DID, HOWEVER, LEAVE THE CRANE IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. THE FOREMAN WAS ON A BACKHOE AT THE OTHER END OF THE EXCAVATION. HE WAS ALSO UNINJURED.