Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 686113 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 686113 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 12/17/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107852212	12/20/1988	1389	0	L & L Oilwell Service, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A METAL TANK THAT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A RESIDENCE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEADYING THE TANK AND GUIDING THE OPERATOR OF A GIN POLE TRUCK, FROM WHICH THE TANK WAS SUSPENDED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF THE TANK WHERE ITS OWNER WANTED IT LOCATED. THE TOP OF THE BOOM ON THE GIN POLE TRUCK CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE TANK AS HE WAS STEADYING IT, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107852212			Fatality	Electric Shock	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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