Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 957712 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Accident Summary Nr: 957712 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111982385	02/18/1992	8711	0	Pacific Aquascape Inc

Abstract: TWO BROTHERS WERE SETTING BOULDERS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL WATERFALL ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING A P&H 25-TON CRANE TO MOVE ROCK FOR THE WATERFALL. THE CRANE, WHICH HAD A 70-FOOT-LONG BOOM, HAD BEEN SET UP 30 FEET FROM A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CREW HAD BEEN WORKING FOR 2 HOURS AND WAS RELEASING THE STEEL SLING FROM ONE ROCK AND SWINGING THE BOOM 180 DEGREES. THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE THREE TIMES, WITHOUT CAUSING AN OUTAGE. (THE FLEXING OF THE BOOM DURING THE SWINGING OPERATION CAUSED THE LOAD LINE TO CONTACT THE POWER LINE BRIEFLY THREE SEPARATE TIMES.) ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE OTHER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111982385			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	111982385			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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