OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384309
JOE DANIELS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
WAUNAKEE, WI·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN RT CRANE HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE AND WAS BEING MOVED SO THAT THE REEVING COULD BE CHANGED. AN EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE CRAN E. THE CRANE WAS FACING EAST, INTO THE RISING SUN; THUS, THE CRANE OPERATOR COUL D NOT SEE THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS LOCATED NEARBY. HE RAISED THE BOOM IN TO CONTACT WITH THE OVERHEAD LINE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SIGNALER TRIED TO ATTRA CT THE OPERATOR'S ATTENTION. THE SIGNALER TOUCHED THE CRANE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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