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Accident: 774273 - Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom

Accident: 774273 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 03/18/1993
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12354116103/19/19931622Acme Bridge Co., Inc.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING A CAGE OF STEEL WIRE SUSPENDED BY A CRANE. THE OPERATOR OF THE P&H CRANE (A CARPENTER WITH NO TRAINING IN THE OPERATION OF A CRANE) RAISED THE BOOM INTO A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING ONTO THE CAGE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Keywords: overhead power line, electrical, boom, crane boom, electrocuted, e gi ia, untrained, crane
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 123541161 Fatality Electric Shock Occupation not reported

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