OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308514
A H J, INC.,
SUMMIT, NJ·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE LOAD
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STEEL BEAMS AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 23 FEET ABOVE THE GR OUND. A P&H 75-TON HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE (MODEL NO. T750, SERIAL NO. 40243) WAS BEING USED TO HOIST A 27-FOOT-LONG STEEL BEAM INTO POSITION. A 4160-VOLT OVERHEA D POWER LINE WAS LOCATED 5 FEET, 3 INCHES FROM THE POSITION WHERE THE STEEL WAS TO BE PLACED. AS IT WAS BEING MANEUVERED INTO POSITION, THE END OF THE BEAM CONT ACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE INSTALLING THE STEEL RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHO CK AND ELECTRICAL BURNS AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED SK ULL AS A RESULT OF THE FALL. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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