Accident Report Detail

Accident: 79897.015 - Two Employees Are Electrocuted, One Injured When Excavator B

**Accident: 79897.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 09/28/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1095131.015	09/28/2015	1623	128098 - East Coast Contracting, Inc.

At approximately 9:18 a.m. on September 28, 2015, Employees #1, #2 and #3 were operating an excavator when the boom of the excavator contacted the power line. The power line broke and fell to the ground. The employees working near the fa lling power line were electrocuted. Employees #1 and #2 were killed, and Emplo yee #3 was hospitalized and released later that day.

Keywords: boom, electric shock, electrical, electrocuted, excavator, power lines

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Occupation
1	1095131.015	49	M	Fatality	Occupation not reported
2	1095131.015	54	M	Fatality	Occupation not reported
3	1095131.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury	Occupation not reported

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