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Accident: 201992526 - Employee Burned When Concrete Pump Truck Contacts Power Line
Accident: 201992526 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/11/2006 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 310282066 | 07/11/2006 | 1629 | Sundt Stacey And Witbeck, A Joint Venture | ||||
| On July 11, 2006, Employee #1 and three coworkers were pouring concrete for a light rail project when a concrete pump truck contacted a 69-kilovolt high-voltage line, resulting in an arc blast. Employee #1, who was handling the pumper hose, sustained severe burns. Two of the coworkers were burned by the blast of the rubber hose. The other coworkers suffered an electric shock when he reached for paperwork hanging on the pump truck. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, clearance, electric arc, overhead power line, electrical, concrete truck, struck against, construction, elec circ part--misc
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 310282066 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |
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