Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 92252.015 - Three employees are electrocuted when crane touches powerlin

Accident Summary Nr: 92252.015 -- Report ID: 0936300 -- Event Date: 01/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1203732.015	01/17/2017		236220	Manua'S, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 14, 2017, Employees #1, #2 and #3 were unloading and staging structural metal beams with a boom truck crane. The truck mounted crane was unloading steel beams from an open top container when the boom truck cable touched a high power line causing electrical current to flow down the steel beam into the arms and bodies of Employees #1, #2 and #3, who were on the ground. All three employees were electrocuted.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Crane, Electrocuted, Power Lines

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1203732.015	27	M	Fatality	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:
2	1203732.015	21	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:
3	1203732.015	21	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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