OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194336
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,TRUCK CRANE,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO ATTACH THE LIFTING HOOK OF A TRUCK CRANE TO THE LIFT LIZED, BUT THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES WAS NOT REPORTED.) ING STRAP OF ROOF TRUSSES THAT WERE STACKED ON THE GROUND. THE CRANE BEING USED WAS A GROVE 35-TON HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE (SERIAL NO. 24026), WITH ITS TELESCOPIN G BOOM EXTENDED 81 FEET. ABOUT 25 FEET OVERHEAD WAS A 7620-VOLT POWER LINE. THE TRUSSES TO BE LIFTED WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FEET FROM THE END OF THE LOAD L INE. AS THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE LOAD LINE TOWARD HIM TO ATTACH THE HOOK TO THE R OOF TRUSSES, THE LOAD LINE TOUCHED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE CRANE OPERATOR AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WERE A WARE OF THE POWER LINE ABOVE THE ROOF TRUSSES. (THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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