Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 782607 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 782607 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 11/08/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123808214	11/11/1994	1542	0	Roy Campbell

Abstract: An employee was operating a Rock Drill. He was moving the drill while the boom was extended upward about 45 feet above the ground. The boom contacted a 19.5-kilovolt-to-ground overhead power line located about 35 feet above the ground. The employee was electrocuted when he got out of the Rock Drill's cab.

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	123808214			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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