OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296123

ROBERT A. BALLANTINE, INC.

PASADENA, MD· 1986-10-27T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE PUMP, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, CONCRETE TRUCK, ELECTROCUTED, E C
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18856815
Employer profile: ROBERT A. BALLANTINE, INC.
Summary number: 14296123
Report ID: 352440

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP A CONCRETE PUMPING TRUCK TO PUMP CONCRETE INTO WALL F ORMS. IN RAISING THE BOOM FOR THE ROYAL INDUSTRIES THOMSEN CONCRETE PUMP (MODEL NUMBER 845, SERIAL NUMBER 84577 ON A FORD TRUCK BODY), THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BO OM INTO A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD RECEIVED 3 WEEKS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND WHO WAS WORKING ALONE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WA S ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
6

Source
15

Occupation code
599

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8870

Task assigned
1

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