Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 842617 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 842617 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/30/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18175232	05/02/1994	1791	0	King Brothers Erection, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18175240	05/02/1994	1799	0	Power Maintenance, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18175273	05/02/1994	4911	0	American Electric Power Company, Inc., Gavin Plant

Abstract: An employee was walking along the ground, guiding a box beam being moved by a truck crane. The boom of the crane contacted a 12-kilovolt overhead power line, and the employee was electrocuted. (The crane operator and another employee on the ground were not injured.)

Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, e gi ia, boom, crane boom, electrocuted, crane

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18175232	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	18175240			Occupation Not Listed
3	18175273			Occupation Not Listed

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