Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 658237 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 658237 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 07/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102793346	07/07/1998	1799	0	Atlas Fence, Inc.

Abstract: Three employees were using a drilling rig to install posts for a guardrail system along the side of a road. The boom on the rig contacted a 23-kilovolt overhead power line. The drill rig caught fire, and all of the employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted. One of the other injured employees was hospitalized.

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		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	102793346	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	102793346	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
3	102793346	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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