Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 909788 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 909788 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/23/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126479815	10/24/1995	1623	0	Hobby Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: A construction contractor was laying 203-millimeter-diameter (8-inch-diameter) ductile pipe along the side of a dirt road. The foreman was operating a Hitachi excavator-trackhoe to lift the pipe into position. An employee on the ground was guiding the pipe into place. The foreman moved the excavator too close to a 7200-volt overhead power line, and the boom contacted the power line. The employee touching the pipe was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, E C, EXCAVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126479815			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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