Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200961738 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom
Accident: 200961738 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/13/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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302014378 | 10/15/1997 | 1771 | Southern Maryland Restoration, Inc. | ||||
Four employees were guiding a 2.4-meter by 4.3-meter steel plate weighing about 1.8 metric tons that was suspended by a National Crane (Model No. 656). They were wearing hard hats and safety shoes. Three of the employees were on one side on the sidewalk, and the fourth employee was on the other side, in the street. The crane contacted a 7620-volt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line that was 12.8 meters above the ground. All four employees sustained electric shocks and burns to their hands, feet, and body. They were hospitalized for their injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, overhead power line, electrical, boom, crane boom, e c, electric shock, crane
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 302014378 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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2 | 302014378 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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3 | 302014378 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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4 | 302014378 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |