Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14492888 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 14492888 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 07/26/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1371939	07/27/1984	1799	0	Trinity Engineering Testing Corporation

Abstract: Some employees had finished drilling a test hole and were lowering a 12.8-meter-tall derrick. As the driller was lowering the derrick, it contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. One of the employees was electrocuted. The other one received an electric shock and was hospitalized for his injury.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1371939			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	1371939			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported

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