Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201086840 - Employee Electrocuted When Light Tower Contacts Power Line
Accident: 201086840 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/13/2006 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306360579 | 01/13/2006 | 1771 | Art Ramirez Inc | ||||
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 13, 2006, Employee #1, a concrete laborer, was readying a portable lighting tower to move to another site. At approximately 1:00 a.m. that morning, the tower had been parked under a 24 ft 4-1/2 in. high overhead power line and left extended at about 25 ft, with the generator and the lights on. The 18-person concrete crew gathered before 5:00 a.m. and began pouring the first slab. They turned off the generator at approximately 6:00 a.m. At about 3:00 p.m. Employee #1 began preparing the light tower for transport. He started retracting the tower by loosening a setscrew on the mast that was used to keep the lights directed. When the mast was loosened, it rotated the tower. The two-light bar tree mounted at the top of the turret contacted the 7,500-volt overhead line. Employee #1 received an electric shock and died shortly afterwards. | |||||||
Keywords:
overhead power line, dismantling, electrocuted, construction, tower
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 1 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 306360579 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Construction laborers |