Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360559 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Accident Summary Nr: 201360559 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301036158	07/17/1998	1731	0	B & B Utility Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: A ground worker on a power line crew was retrieving a piece of copper wire from the back of a digger-derrick truck. (He had earlier warned a coworker to stay clear of the truck.) The hydraulic hose on the boom on the digger-derrick contacted an 8000-volt overhead power line, and the ground worker received an electric shock. Coworkers administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation until emergency medical services arrived. Initial tests indicated that the injured employee had some brain activity, and no liver or kidney damage. Further testing later that day indicated that the employee had no brain activity, and he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: DIGGER-DERRICK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E PTD, ELEC UTILITY WORK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301036158			Fatality	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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