OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346845
STAFF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE FLAT BED OF A TRACTOR TRAILER HELPING TO UNLOAD STEEL BEAM SECTIONS. HE WAS HOOKING UP THE STEEL BEAMS TO THE LOAD LINE OF A HYD RAULIC TRUCK CRANE. (THE CRANE WAS MOUNTED ON A DIFFERENT TRUCK.) AN OVERHEAD PO WER LINE WAS LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AT A HEIGHT OF 28.5 FEET. THE EM PLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE AS ONE OF THE STEEL BEAMS WAS BEING LIFTED, C AUSING THE CRANE'S 0.5-INCH WIRE-ROPE LOAD LINE TO SWING INTO THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE STEEL BEAM, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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