Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201406303 - Employee injured when truck boom contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 201406303 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127177186	08/07/2002	1611	0	Right Rail Inc

Abstract: On August 7, 2002, Employee #1 was using a boom truck and steel chain to set guardrails when the boom contacted a 5,000-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 received an electric shock, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: BOOM TRUCK, CLEARANCE, HIGHWAY, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRUCK BOOM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127177186			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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