Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100102656 - Employee Electrocuted When Crane Line Contacts Power Line
Accident: 100102656 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/19/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305332975 | 03/19/2003 | 1611 | Ruhlin Co., The | ||||
On March 19, 2003, Employee #1 and coworkers were relocating precast concrete traffic barriers in the eastbound direction of I-7,6 near mile post 52. A barrier was lifted by a 35-ton RT65 Grove truck crane and was being pushed into position by two laborers on the ground when the crane's line contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Photographs from the Coroner's Office show burn marks that verify the electric current entered Employee #1 through his hands and exited to the ground through his feet. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, clearance, overhead power line, crane boom, truck crane, work rules, electrocuted, struck against, construction
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 305332975 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Traffic protection FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |