OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336788
BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,TRUCK BOOM
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A BOOM TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING A PALLET OF CONCRETE BLOCKS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED THE BOOM, AND IT CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD PO WER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS HOLDING ONTO THE PEDESTAL CONTROL FOR THE BOOM, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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