OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223283
CONCRETE PUMP,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CPR,ELECTROCUTED,E C
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A WORK CREW WAS POURING CONCRETE INTO A TRENCH THAT WAS 20 INCHES WIDE, 10 INCHE MPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY THE ELECTRIC SHOCK HE RECEIVED AND WAS DEFIBR ILLATED AND REVIVED AT THE SCENE. HE ALSO SUSTAINED BURNS TO HIS HANDS, ARMS, AN D CHEST. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES. S DEEP, AND 80 FEET LONG AND THAT WAS LOCATED ALONGSIDE A 20-FOOT-HIGH RAILROAD OVERPASS. A PUMP CRETE CONCRETE PUMPER WITH A 130-FOOT BOOM ATTACHED WAS BEING U SED TO POUR THE CONCRETE. THE TASK WAS NEARLY COMPLETE, AND THEY WERE MAKING THE IR LAST PASS OVER THE TRENCH. AS THEY WERE MAKING THIS PASS, THE SECOND SECTION OF THE FOUR SECTION BOOM CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO OF THE O VERHEAD LINES SEPARATED AND CAME DOWN. THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT KNOCKED TWO EMPLOY EES, WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING ONTO THE BOOM, TO THE GROUND. ONE OF THEM SUSTAINED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND BURNS TO HIS HANDS, ARMS, CHEST, FACE, AND FEET. THE OTHER E
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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