Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 921817 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident Summary Nr: 921817 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 10/01/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108965609	10/01/1993	3273	0	Williams Bros., A Division Of Blue Circle, Inc.

Abstract: Some employees on a construction site were pouring concrete into wall forms. The concrete truck was backed up to the hopper of a concrete pumper truck. The concrete truck driver was standing on the ground, operating the controls at the rear of the truck. The concrete pumper truck operator, who was standing up on the back of the pumper truck, was moving the concrete pumper's boom into position. The boom contacted an 11.4-kilovolt overhead power line, and the concrete truck driver was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108965609			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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