Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201087327 - Employee Is Killed by Electric Shock

Accident Summary Nr: 201087327 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306361486	04/13/2006	1611	237310	Atlantic Concrete

Abstract: At 4:00 a.m. on April 13, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a Putzmeister Truck-Mounted Concrete Pump, Model Number 36 ES-170, using a radio signal remote control unit. Employee #1 was extending the boom up and out, and it struck an energized 12,000 volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was near the extended outrigger located by the truck driver's door when contact was made to the electrified equipment and was electrocuted. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTED, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306361486			Fatality	Electric Shock	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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