Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200202760 - Employee electrocuted when truck boom touches power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200202760 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 06/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309256667	06/08/2006	1771	238110	Lewallen Construction Company, Inc. (Missouri)

Abstract: On June 8, 2006, Employee #1 and coworkers were pumping concrete into a footing for a retention pond wall. Employee #1 was directing the flow through a dispensing hose from the pump truck when the truck's boom contacted an energized overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CONCRETE TRUCK, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, TRUCK BOOM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309256667			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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