Fatality Narrative: Worker Electrocuted When Track Hoe Boom Contacts Overhead Power Line

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On December 2, 2002, a construction worker was helping direct a track hoe operator in moving a PVC sewer pipe into a trench. The construction worker was electrocuted when the boom of the track hoe contacted an overhead power line. The victim was a 26-year-old male who was working with a general contractor to install sewer lines at a new residential development. He had attached a pipe section to a hook on the bucket of the track hoe with a wire rope choker. He had one hand on the wire rope as the pipe was being moved into the trench when the boom of the track hoe made contact with a 7200-volt overhead power line. The electric current traveled through the boom and down the wire rope choker to the victim who was electrocuted. The track hoe operator was not injured. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Education Electric Injuries Electricity Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Construction Construction Equipment Construction Workers Electrical Conductivity Electrical Fields Electrocutions Equipment Maintenance Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Equipment Reliability Fatalities Hazards Personal Protection Protective Equipment Protective Measures Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Training Traumatic Injuries Trenches Trenching Work Environment Workers Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051950
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-10-2003, 2003 Jun; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: worker electrocuted when track hoe boom contacts overhead power line
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f58ede27a17f510376b44447faed272168d3ba344591538bbd515b64e4782db24b7d00421f6fd34df306f5aa2c4cf6cb3f84f1a72d73b28a31ba740d28a8db2b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228863/cdc_228863_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.13 KB ]