Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 672329 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 672329 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104026620	09/15/1987	1751	0	The Lombard Company

Abstract: A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS ASSIGNED TO TRANSFER 20-FOOT-BY-15-FOOT CONCRETE FORMS USING A BANTAM TRUCK CRANE (MODEL NUMBER 450). THE OPERATION WAS BEING PERFORMED NEAR A 34.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. NO ONE WAS ASSIGNED TO OBSERVE THE CLEARANCE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE POWER LINE. AS TWO CARPENTERS WERE ATTACHING WIRE ROPE SLINGS TO THE FORMS, THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE TWO CARPENTERS RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND SEVERE BURNS AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE TIME THE REPORT WAS WRITTEN.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, TRUCK CRANE, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104026620			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Carpenters
2	104026620			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Carpenters

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