Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 658211 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 658211 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 05/26/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116138165	05/26/1998	1629	0	Ravizza Brothers, Inc.

Abstract: Two subcontractors were working on a multiemployer worksite--a town water main project. One subcontractor was hired to do blasting; the other was hired to do the trenching. One of the two employees of the blasting subcontractor was setting up a drilling rig to dig holes for dynamite. While he was operating the drilling rig, the top of the boom contacted a 13.8-kilovolt overhead power line. The other employee, who was standing a distance away from the rig, rushed over to shut it down. He received a fatal electric shock when he touched the rig. (This employee was the company owner's nephew.) The rig operator also received a severe electric shock. (He was not listed on an injury line on the original form.)

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116138165			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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