OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214431
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING EQUIPMENT FROM A FLATBED TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A HYD D. UNFORTUNATELY, THE OTHER TWO, WHO WERE HOLDING THE LOAD AT THE INSTANT OF CON TACT, RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND BURNS TO THEIR HANDS AND FEET. ONE OF THE TWO INJURED EMPLOYEES COMPLAINED OF DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING AND DIED ABOUT 10 MINU TES LATER, EN ROUTE TO A HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE. THE OTHER INJURED EMPLOYEE WA S TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED, RETURNING TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. RAULIC, EXTENSIBLE BOOM. THE OUTRIGGERS FOR THE TRUCK CRANE HAD BEEN EXTENDED. T WO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING ON THE TRUCK, AND THE OTHER TWO WERE STANDING ON THE GROUND AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO GUIDE THE LOAD. THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE TRUCK, HAD RAISED THE BOOM AND WAS LOWERING THE LOAD WHEN A FIFT H EMPLOYEE, WALKING TOWARD THE TRUCK, WARNED THEM THAT THEY WERE TOO CLOSE TO A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE, ENERGIZING THE CRANE AND ITS ATTACHED LOAD. THE TWO EMPLOYEES O N THE TRUCK, AND THE EMPLOYEE WHO WARNED THEM ABOUT THE POWER LINE WERE UNINJURE
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 795
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 795
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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