Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 944629 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 944629 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 05/11/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111147393	05/11/1993	1623	0	Edwards Pipeline Co., Inc.

Abstract: A LABORER WAS ADJUSTING A BUCKET SUSPENDED BY A MOBILE CRANE. WITH THE CRANE'S OUTRIGGERS EXTENDED, THE CRANE BOOM WAS ROTATED TOWARD A 13.8-KILOVOLT (PHASE-TO-GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE LABORER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE ALSO SUSTAINED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT HAND, HIS RIGHT SIDE, AND BOTH HIS FEET. HE DIED 20 DAYS LATER DUE TO MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLUS AND DEEP LEG VEIN THROMBUS AS A RESULT OF HIS BURNS.

Keywords: BURN, EMBOLISM, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111147393			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers

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