OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223275
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
SOME EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. ONE OF THEM WAS HOLDING ONTO A 2-YARD CONCRETE BUCKET THAT WAS ATT ACHED TO A CRANE. THE CRANE CABLES TOUCHED A 69-KILOVOLT OR A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND THIS EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. A SECOND EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS NEAR THE CONCRETE BUCKET, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS LEGS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 4
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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