Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 737510 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 737510 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 08/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104348933	08/23/1988	1622	0	E. H. Hughes Co., Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE WAS ATTACHING A WIRE ROPE SLING ONTO THE HEADACHE BALL OF A LINK-BELT TRUCK CRANE (MODEL HSP-8030; SERIAL NO. 58H6-178). THE SLING WAS SUPPORTING A WOODEN CONCRETE FORM. AT THE TIME THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP THE SLING, THE CRANE'S BOOM WAS IN CONTACT WITH A 4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED ABOVE THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE HOOKED THE SLING ONTO THE HEADACHE BALL.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E C, SLING, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104348933			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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