Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 775056 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 775056 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 08/27/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102251238	08/28/1989	1389	0	Brady Welding & Machine Shop, Inc.

Abstract: A GIN-POLE TRUCK WAS AT THE SITE OF A DRILLING RIG. THE TRUCK WAS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM THE RIG SO THAT IT COULD BE DISASSEMBLED. A METAL WIRE-LINE MACHINE HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY THE TRUCK AND MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE. THE TRUCK'S BOOM EITHER CONTACTED OR APPROACHED TOO CLOSE TO A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. A TRUCK SWAMPER ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE LOAD WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE SUSPENDED LOAD.

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	102251238			Fatality	Electric Shock	Helpers, extractive occupations

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