Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201405529 - Employee Electrocuted When Backhoe Contacts With Power Line
Accident: 201405529 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/10/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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127053635 | 09/10/2001 | 1623 | James Mouch Jr & Son Excavating Inc | ||||
On September 10, 2001, Employee #1 was attaching a piece of pipe to a backhoe when the backhoe contacted an energized 7,600-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted. | |||||||
Keywords:
clearance, overhead power line, work rules, electrocuted, struck against, construction, earthmoving equip, elec circ part--misc, backhoe
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Highway, road, street | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 127053635 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Trenching, installing pipe FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |