OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214183
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE GREASING THE WIRE ROPE CABLES ON THE BOOM OF A SKYWORKER AE LOVOLT LINE. THE EMPLOYEE REACHING INTO THE TRUCK WAS ELECTROCUTED. RIAL LIFT MOUNTED ON A CHEVROLET C60 TRUCK. OVERHEAD POWER LINES WERE LOCATED 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ABOUT 5.5 FEET FROM WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED. ONE EMPL OYEE WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE AERIAL LIFT TRUCK WITH HIS KNEES ON THE RU NNING BOARD AND HIS FEET ON DAMP GRASS. HE WAS REACHING ACROSS THE FRONT SEAT OF THE TRUCK TO PICK UP A WRENCH. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE BUCKET OF THE LIFT, MOVING THE BOOM SO THAT THE CABLES COULD BE GREASED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STAN DING IN THE STREET, HOLDING A GREASE GUN. AS THE LOWER BOOM WAS RAISED AND ROTAT ED, THE KNUCKLE BETWEEN THE LOWER AND UPPER ARMS OF THE BOOM CONTACTED THE 13-KI
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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