OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342646
BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A TRUCK DRIVER WAS DELIVERING A LOAD OF DRYWALL TO A HOUSING PROJECT. THE LOAD W AS ON THE BED OF A BOOM TRUCK. HE ARRIVED AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSING PROJECT AND WAS GOING TO UNLOAD THE DRYWALL TO AN EMPLOYEE AT A SECOND STORY WINDOW OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AT THE SITE. A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOU T 13 FEET FROM THE BUILDING. THE TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO MANEUVER THE LOAD BENEATH THE OVERHEAD LINE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DELIVER THE LOAD FROM T HIS DIRECTION. HE THEN LIFTED THE LOAD WITH THE BOOM BETWEEN THE OVERHEAD CONDUC TORS. APPARENTLY, AS HE WAS WITHDRAWING THE BOOM FROM BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE TRUCK DRIVER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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