Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202339321 - Employee Shocked When Crane Cable Contacts Power Line
Accident: 202339321 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 11/05/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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304731268 | 11/07/2001 | 1791 | Beck Erection & Leasing Corp. | ||||
On November 5, 2001, Employee #1, an iron worker, was part of a crew installing steel joists on a block wall, He was guiding a steel joist into a wall pocket when the crane cable contacted a 13-kilovolt overhead power line. Employee #1 was knocked to the ground but fell on loose dirt and did not suffer injuries that required hospitalization. No attempt had been made to safeguard the approximately 33 ft high power lines that ran partially above the building. | |||||||
Keywords:
clearance, installing, overhead power line, crane boom, iron worker, work rules, struck against, construction, electric shock
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 1 | 15 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 304731268 | Non Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause |