OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194971
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
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING UP A LINK-BELT TRUCK CRANE (45-TON CAPACITY, SERIAL LEFT HAND. NO. 9 LGH 3134) TO UNLOAD STEEL. THERE WERE THREE EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUND: TWO A T THE REAR OF THE CRANE TO WATCH THE LEVEL AND ONE AT THE LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER T O RELAY SIGNALS TO THE OPERATOR. IN LEVELING THE CRANE, THE OPERATOR SWUNG THE B OOM AROUND TO MAKE ROOM AT THE REAR OF THE CRANE. THE CHOKER SUPSPENDED FROM THE LOAD HOOK CONTACTED A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE (7620 VOLTS TO GROUND). T HE EMPLOYEE AT THE FRONT, WHO WAS LEANING ON THE OUTRIGGER, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE CRANE OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY SWUNG THE CRANE AWAY FROM THE OVERHEAD LI NE, AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS TO HIS
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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