Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200830750 - Employee electrocuted when boom strikes power line

Accident Summary Nr: 200830750 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 11/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303535751	11/07/2003	1611	237310	C.A.C Industries Inc.

Abstract: On November 7, 2003, Employee #1, a laborer with C.A.C. Industries, Inc., was operating a pile driver. The pile driver's boom was picking up a headache ball on the sidewalk when a cable apparently contacted a 7,620 volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was electrocuted and two coworkers were injured.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, BOOM, WORK RULES, ELECTROCUTED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, BOOM SUPPORT CABLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303535751			Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause: Electric shock, other and unknown cause

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