OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295836
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CRANE BOOM CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINES
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE GUIDING A BORING MACHINE ONTO A STEEL TRACK LOCATED IN A 10-F OOT-DEEP BY 30-FOOT-LONG BY 12-FOOT-WIDE PIT. THE MACHINE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED BY A BLH LIMA 20-TON LATTICE BOOM TRUCK CRANE (MODEL 300T, SERIAL NUMBER 341-8). ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS THE FOREMAN; THE OTHER WAS SIGNALING THE CRANE OPERATO R FROM INSIDE THE PIT. AS IT WAS MOVING, THE CRANE BOOM CONTACTED A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. (THE POSITION OF THE SUN MAY HAVE IMPAIRED THE VIEW OF THE POWER LINES.) THE FOREMAN WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS OF VARYING SEVERITY ON BOTH HIS HANDS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 598
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 598
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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