Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200990414 - Employee electrocuted when truck boom contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200990414 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 01/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127389062	01/14/2003	1623	237130	Advanced Technologies & Technical Resources, Inc.

Abstract: On January 13, 2003, Employee #1 and coworkers were using a boom truck to pull TV cable. Employee #1 was raising himself in the bucket when it contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line or an electric arc from it. Employee #1 was electrocuted.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, ELECTRIC ARC, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, TELECOM WORK, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELEC CIRC PART--MISC, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127389062			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Electrocution by touching exposed wire/source

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