Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 952754 - Employee Is Electrocuted When Wire Rope Hits Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 952754 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 12/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309531044	12/05/2005	1791	238120	Dean Steel Erectors Co., Inc.

Abstract: On December 5, 2005, a steel erection crew was moving steel closer to the area where the steel was going to be lifted to the building under construction. Employee #1 was unhooking materials that were being lifted by a Link Belt 100-ton crawler crane. Employee #1 was holding the wire rope and hook. The wire rope made contact with an energized overhead power line (7,200 volts). Employee #1 received fatal injuries due to electrocution.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WIRE ROPE, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309531044			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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