Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200602910 - Employee Is Killed From Electrocution, Crane Contacts Line
Accident: 200602910 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 02/16/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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307951244 | 02/17/2005 | 1611 | Young Contractors, Inc. | ||||
On February 16, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were pouring a concrete wall directly under a power line. They dumped the concrete bucket, and the crane's boom went up approximately 3 ft and contacted a 7,600 volt power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted and died. | |||||||
Keywords:
overhead power line, crane boom, electrocuted, struck against, electric shock, aerial lift, crane
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 307951244 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |