OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320782
E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,RUNWAY CONDUCTOR,LOCKOUT,OVERHEAD CRANE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED PARTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE CRANE TO MOVE STEEL COILS. A PIECE OF PLASTIC FELL FROM THE CEILING AND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTACT SHOES OF THE CRA NE'S TROLLEY. THIS CAUSED THE CRANE TO STOP OPERATING. THE EMPLOYEE INTENDED TO BOARD THE CRANE AND REMOVE THE PLASTIC. BECAUSE THE CRANE WAS NOT AT ITS NORMAL BOARDING STATION, THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED A FIXED LADDER TO THE ELEVATION OF THE BO ARDING STATION AND THEN CLIMBED THE STRUCTURE TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE RU NWAY. WHILE CLIMBING, HE CONTACTED ONE OF THE THREE ENERGIZED RUNWAY CONDUCTORS. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK HE RECEIVED CAUSED HIM TO FALL 22 FEET TO THE FLOOR. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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