Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 791277 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 791277 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 12/30/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124747684	12/30/1994	4813	0	United Telephone Company Of The Northwest

Abstract: A two-worker crew for a telephone company was removing a utility pole that had been decommissioned. One of the employees was at the controls of the boom truck, and the other employee was working on the ground. The employee on the ground was holding onto a ground rod. (The original abstract did not state whether the ground rod was for the pole or the truck.) The boom or the pole contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, and the employee on the ground received an electric shock and burns to his hands and feet. He hospitalized at a burn center for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, E TC, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRUCK BOOM, UTILITY POLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124747684			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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