Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 955310 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

**Accident: 955310 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 11/22/1994**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125438127	11/22/1994	1623	Jack L.Massie Contractor Inc.

An 18-foot-long section of 24-inch-diameter ductile iron pipe was suspended from the bucket of a Caterpillar 235C hydraulic excavator. Two employees were holding onto the pipe as it was being moved by the excavator. The boom of the excavator contacted a 19.9-kilovolt-to-ground overhead power line, and one of the two employees was electrocuted.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125438127			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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