OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14238927
BRANDENBURG CONTRACTORS
MOUNDHOUSE, NV·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AND LOADING CONCRETE PIPE USING A 25-TON MOBILE CRANE. HE WAS USING A STEEL CRADLE LIFTING DEVICE TO ATTACH THE PIPE TO THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE. THE PIPE HAD BEEN STORED DIRECTLY UNDER A 23-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 34.5 FEET ABOVE THE PIPE. AS THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE CRADLE TO A TTACH ANOTHER PIPE TO THE CRANE, THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMP LOYEE RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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