OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307482
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,HOIST,ELECTRIC SHOCK,E GI IB
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU HOIST
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES OF A ROOFING CONTRACTOR WERE RAISING A PORTABLE ALUMINUM HOIST BET HE HAD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH TOES BURNED OFF OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZ ED FOR HIS INJURIES. WEEN THE HOUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON AND A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE 27- FOOT, 6-INCH-LONG HOIST WAS MADE OF THREE 9-FOOT SECTIONS BOLTED TOGETHER, AND I T HAD ADJUSTABLE FEET. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS 26 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND 13 FEET FROM THE WALL OF THE HOUSE. AS THE EMPLOYEES RAISED THE HOIST TO A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION, IT FELL INTO THE POWER LINE. (BURN MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE SI DE RAIL OF THE HOIST, ABOUT 13 INCHES FROM THE TOP.) ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO W AS PUSHING THE HOIST, WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING THE BOTTOM SECTION, RECEIVED BURNS TO BOTH HANDS AND A BURN TO HIS LEFT TEMPLE, AND
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 16
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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