Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 908830 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 908830 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 08/22/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120468012	08/24/1992	1799	0	Bennett Sales Co.

Abstract: THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A BOOM TRUCK LEFT THE TRUCK AND THE CONTROLS WHILE THE BOOM WAS MOVING SLOWLY. HE WENT TO ASSIST A HELPER IN ATTACHING A SLING TO A STEEPLE. THE BOOM TRUCK'S LOAD LINE CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED 33 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE OWNER ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE CONTROLS AND WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED A METAL OUTRIGGER.

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	120468012			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers

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