OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197545
PENN ADVERTISING OF BALTIMORE INC
FALLSTON, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWER LINE
Investigation abstract
SOME EMPLOYEES WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REMOVING PANELS FROM AN OUTDOOR ADVERTI SING SIGN. A CRANE HAD BEEN SET UP NEAR THE 31-FOOT-HIGH, 45-FOOT-LONG SIGN. TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING PAPER BETWEEN THE SIGN PANELS. ONE OF THEM ENTERE D A BOATSWAINS CHAIR TO CONTINUE CUTTING PAPER. THE CHAIR WAS MOUNTED ON THE LOA D LINE HOOK OF THE CRANE. AS THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHAIR WAS CUTTING, THE PINION G EAR ON THE CRANE FAILED, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SWING INTO A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED 27.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. T HE CAUSE OF THE GEAR FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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