Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 786038 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 786038 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 06/27/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115729717	06/27/1991	3599	0	Gales Creek Iron & Machine Works Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115729725	07/01/1991	2411	0	Clapshaw Logging & Timber Management Inc

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE BACKFILLING A 20-FOOT-WIDE CULVERT THAT RAN OVER A STREAM. A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO PLACE BOULDERS IN THE BACKFILL. A 72-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN PARALLEL TO AND ABOUT 29 FEET ABOVE THE CULVERT. THE CRANE LIFTED A BOULDER OVER THE POWER LINE AND LOWERED IT TO THE EMPLOYEES, WHO GRABBED THE BOULDER AND RIGGING TO GUIDE IT INTO PLACE. THE CRANE OPERATOR MOVED THE BOOM OUT AND DOWN, AND IT CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYEE #2) WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE REMAINED UPRIGHT UNTIL HE WAS STRUCK BY THE GENTLY SWAYING BOULDER, THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS UNCONSCIOUS, BUT HE DID NOT REQUIRE CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURY. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION, BUT DID NOT RECOVER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CPR, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115729717	Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	115729717	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	115729725			Occupation Not Listed

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