OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14335616
E GI III,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,RUNWAY CONDUCTOR,OVERHEAD CRANE,PAINTER,SCAFFOLD
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH CRANE RUNWAY CONDUCTORS
Investigation abstract
ON A HOT AFTERNOON, 5 PAINTERS IN THE INTERIOR OF A BUILDING CLIMBED A 24-FOOT-H OST. IT WAS BELIEVED AT THAT TIME THAT HEAT EXHAUSTION OR A HEART ATTACK CAUSED THE FALL. HOWEVER, AN AUTOPSY DISCLOSED THAT ELECTROCUTION WAS THE CAUSE OF DEAT H. IGH TUBULAR SCAFFOLD TO REACH A WORK PLATFORM. TO GET FROM THE SCAFFOLD TO THE W ORK PLATFORM, THE PAINTERS HAD TO TRAVEL ACROSS STRUCTURAL BEAMS PASSING AROUND THE INSULATED POWER SUPPLY CABLE FOR THE EXPOSED RUNWAY CONDUCTORS OF AN OVERHEA D CRANE. THE FOREMAN HAD USED SAME ROUTE EARLIER TO PLACE THE WORK PLATFORM. AT BREAK TIME, THE FOREMAN OBSERVED THAT SOME OF THE PAINTERS HAD DESCENDED AND THA T THE LAST PAINTER WAS ENROUTE. WHILE THE FOREMAN WAS AT A COLD DRINK MACHINE NE AR THE SCAFFOLD, A HARD HAT FELL ON THE MACHINE. WHEN THE FOREMAN LOOKED UP, HE SAW THE EMPLOYEE HANGING HEAD DOWN WITH HIS FOOT CAUGHT AT THE TOP OF SCAFFOLD P
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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