Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14557300 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Rebar
Accident: 14557300 -- Report ID: 0653510 -- Event Date: 09/14/1984 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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14963904 | 09/18/1984 | 1542 | Questa Building Construction | ||||
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING A PIECE OF STEEL REINFORCING ROD INTO A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL BEFORE HE WAS TO FILL THE BLOCKS IN THE WALL WITH CEMENT. THERE WERE 60-MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTS OF WIND BLOWING OVERHEAD POWER LINES AGAINST THE WALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE STEEL ROD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE 7200-VOLT LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE. | |||||||
Keywords:
overhead power line, electrical, rebar, electrocuted, e c, concrete block
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 14963904 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Brickmasons and stonemasons |