Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 955450 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 955450 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/05/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112399514	04/05/1991	4213	0	B & L Transport Of Virginia

Abstract: Two employees attached chain slings to a 12.2-meter-long metal pipe that had become dislodged from a shifted load on a tractor-trailer. The pipe was lying on the ground. The two employees handled the pipe while a hydraulic truck crane lifted it. As the crane lifted the pipe, the crane boom contacted a 19.9-kilovolt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line. One of the two employees was electrocuted. The other employee received an electric shock and sustained severe burns. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: BURN, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112399514			Fatality	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy
2	112399514			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Truck drivers, heavy

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