OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14410013
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,CONSTRUCTION,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
Three employees were working from a platform suspended by a hydraulic crane. The employees were finishing the concrete on a bridge barrier. While they were work ing, the boom of the crane contacted an overhead power line. One employee on the platform was electrocuted. Another one received an electric shock and was hospi talized. The third employee was not injured.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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