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Accident Summary Nr: 201405529 - Employee electrocuted when backhoe contacts with power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201405529 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/10/2001
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
12705363509/10/200116230James Mouch Jr & Son Excavating Inc

Abstract: 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
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Highway, road, street New project or new addition $250,000 to $500,000 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 127053635 Fatality Electric Shock Construction laborers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Trenching, installing pipe
Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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