Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 802033 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 802033 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 05/28/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115664765	05/29/1991	1622	0	Republic Contracting Inc.

Abstract: SOME EMPLOYEES WERE USING A GROVE RT 500C HYDRAULIC CRANE TO MOVE A CONCRETE SCREED FROM ONE END OF A BRIDGE TO ANOTHER. THE RUBBER-TIRED CRANE, WHICH HAD A 70-FOOT-LONG BOOM, WAS BEING OPERATED NEAR A 23-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. WHEN THE LOAD LINE WAS IN POSITION TO BE ATTACHED TO THE SCREED, THE LOAD LINE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER LINE. AN EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE HOOK ON THE END OF THE LOAD LINE.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115664765			Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers

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