OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243315

I.A. CONSTRUCTION/BUCKLEY AND CO., INC.

PHILADELPHIA, PA· 1988-08-01T00:00:00

Event: KNEE, BOOM TRUCK, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, TRUCK BOOM, SPRAIN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100430933
Employer profile: I.A. CONSTRUCTION/BUCKLEY AND CO., INC.
Summary number: 14243315
Report ID: 317000

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

A boom truck operator and a laborer were instructed to retrieve concrete barrier s from a storage area. The barriers were stored three tiers high directly under a 12-kilovolt overhead power line. The laborer was attaching a steel belly sling to a 3.7-meter-long (12-foot-long) barrier when the hydraulic boom contacted th e power line. The laborer was electrocuted. The boom truck operator, who was ope rating the boom from an operator's station on the driver's side of the truck, in jured his knee when he jumped off the truck and fell to the ground after the boo m contacted the power line.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
24

Occupation code
869

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Nature of injury
20

Part of body
15

Event type
13

Source
24

Occupation code
848

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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