OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386593
CORSETTI STRUCTURAL STEEL, INC.
BRIDGEVIEW, IL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING A MOBILE CRANE TO LOAD A PLATFORM ONTO A TRUCK BED. ONE OF THEM, A FOREMAN, WAS OPERATING THE CRANE'S CONTROLS, WHICH WERE LOCATED AT T HE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, A CARPENTERS' SUPERVISOR WAS GUIDING THE LOAD ONTO THE TRUCK BED. NEITHER EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE NEARBY OVERHEAD POWER LINE AS THEY WERE MOVING THE LOAD. THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE 34-KILOVO LT OVERHEAD LINE, AND THE SUPERVISOR RECEIVED A SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE LATER DIED AT A HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 534
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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