OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401095

WILDCAT CONTRACTORS

DALLAS, TX· 1987-07-20T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100733146
Employer profile: WILDCAT CONTRACTORS
Summary number: 14401095
Report ID: 626300

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Investigation abstract

Six employees were loading the toolboxes of an FMC rubber-tired mobile crane (Mo ne. All six employees received electric shocks. One of them was electrocuted, an d five of them were hospitalized for their injuries. del No. HC-218, Serial No. 18HA328) with tools and rigging equipment. The crane operator was picking up the outriggers and pulling them into the travel position . The crane was positioned on an access drive to a modular storage facility that was under construction, and there was a slope down from south to north for wate r drainage. The operator had pulled up the outriggers on the south side of the c rane. As he was relieving the pressure on the left front outrigger, the only one remaining out, the crane moved to the north down the slope. The spreader bar, w hich was still attached and elevated, rotated into a 7600-volt overhead power li

Victims (6)

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#5 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#6 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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