Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 741710 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 741710 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 02/29/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104377502	03/08/1988	1629	0	J. E. Mckeever Inc.

Abstract: Some employees were operating a Gardner Denver HydraTrac rock-drilling machine (Model No. HD-HF-22, Serial No. 8 72-2F0-8). A 7620-volt overhead power line was located 9.9 meters from the ground at the drilling site. The employees had drilled 14 holes, which were to be loaded with dynamite. They were moving the rock-drilling machine. One employee was standing on the damp, wet ground, using the front controls to raise and lower the boom and drill. As they were moving the drilling machine, its boom contacted the power line, electrocuting the employee at the controls.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104377502			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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