Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 955310 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 955310 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 11/22/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125438127	11/22/1994	1623	0	Jack L.Massie Contractor Inc.

Abstract: 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 Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125438127			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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