Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200515708 - Worker Is Electrocuted When Electricity Arcs from Power Line

Accident Summary Nr: 200515708 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 10/04/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316730456	10/04/2012	1611	237310	Ulland Brothers Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316730464	10/04/2012	7353	238990	Kraemer Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m. on October 4, 2012, Employee #1, of Ulland Brothers Inc., was working at a construction site in Wright, MN. He was standing near a ditch parallel to a county road, guiding a concrete culvert apron into place. The concrete culvert apron was being lowered by a Telescoping Boom Crane operated by Kraemer Construction Inc. The crane was approximately 8 feet from energized power lines carrying 7,200 volts of electricity. Although the crane never made direct contact with the power lines, electricity from the power lines jumped to the crane's load line and down to the concrete culvert apron. Employee #1's hands were placed on the concrete culvert apron as he guided it into place. He was electrocuted.

Keywords: ELECTRIC ARC, CONCRETE, HIGHWAY, INSTALLING, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, LOAD LINE, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316730456			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause
2	316730464					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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