Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 869172 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 869172 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 06/30/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101238673	07/03/1989	1623	0	Mid American Utility Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: An employee was standing on the ground, touching the bed of a boom truck parked beneath a 7200-volt overhead power line. The operator raised the boom, and it contacted the power line. The employee touching the truck was electrocuted.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101238673			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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