OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342687
ARCHER WESTERN CONTRACTORS LTD INC.
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE
Investigation abstract
A CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MOVE A GROUND TILLING MACHINE TO A FENCED STORAGE AREA AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE MACHINE, WHICH WAS RESTING ON A TRAILER, WAS BEING MOVED IN TWO LIFTS. A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 29 FEET AB OVE THE FENCE AT THE STORAGE AREA. A 30-FOOT SPREADER SLING WAS ATTACHED TO THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE. THE FIRST LIFT WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOR THE SECOND LIFT, A 10-FOOT SLING CHAIN WAS ADDED TO THE LOAD LINE ATTACHMENT. AFTER THE CR ANE MOVED THE SECOND SECTION INTO POSITION (NEAR THE OVERHEAD LINE), A GROUND MA N BEGAN TO UNHOOK THE LOAD AND WAS ELECTROCUTED. APPARENTLY, THE CRANE OR THE LO AD LINE EITHER HAD CONTACTED OR HAD COME TOO CLOSE TO THE OVERHEAD LINE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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