OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000678
WOOD MASONRY SUPPLY, INC.
BLOWING ROCK, NC·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER FOR A MASONRY SUPPLY COMPANY WAS UNLOADING CONCRETE BLOCK AT A CO AND THE LINE WAS VISIBLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NSTRUCTION SITE. THE CONCRETE BLOCK WAS ON THE BED OF A 1983 KENWORTH FLAT BED T RUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JIFFY LIFT EAGLE BOOM (MANUFACTURED BY ELBERFELD MANUFACTURING CO., INC.) MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK TO UNLOAD THE BLOCK. THE TRUCK HAD AN UNLADEN WEIGHT OF 31,000 POUNDS AND A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT CAPACITY OF 68,00 0 POUNDS. THE BOOM HAD AN ESTIMATED WEIGHT CAPACITY OF 5000 POUNDS AND WAS 25.5 FEET LONG FROM THE PIVOT POINT TO ITS TIP. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING THE BOO M CONTROL BOX IN HIS HAND, GUIDED THE BOOM INTO CONTACT WITH A 7200-VOLT OVERHEA D POWER LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE POWER LINE RIGHT OF WAY HAD BEEN CLEARED,
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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