Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 70,589Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431662

MONTANA READY MIX

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LOAD LINE, CRANE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100020510
Employer profile
MONTANA READY MIX
Summary number
14431662
Report ID
830100

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Investigation abstract

A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WAS REMOVING A LOAD OF PIPE THAT HAD SPILLED WHEN A TRUCK L EFT A HIGHWAY AND OVERTURNED. THE PIPE WAS 6-INCH-DIAMETER WELL CASING IN 40-FOO T LENGTHS. THE CRANE BEING USED TO MOVE THE PIPE WAS SET UP ON THE EAST HALF OF THE HIGHWAY. THE HEIGHT OF THE BOOM ON THE CRANE WAS ABOUT 55 FEET. AS THE CRANE WAS BEING OPERATED, IT GOT TOO CLOSE TO A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND CU RRENT ARCED OVER TO THE LOAD LINE. AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HELPING IN THE REMOVAL OP ERATION WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE CRANE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT HE FELT AN ELECTRIC S HOCK, BUT HE WAS NOT INJURED OTHERWISE.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 Male

    Nature of injury
    Electric Shock (10)
    Part of body
    BODYSYSTEM (4)
    Accident type
    SHOCK (13)
    Source of injury
    ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
    Occupation
    Occupation not reported (999)
    Human factor
    MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
    Environmental factor
    WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
    Task assigned
    Task not regularly assigned (2)
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 Male

    Nature of injury
    Electric Shock (10)
    Part of body
    FOOT/ANKLE (11)
    Accident type
    SHOCK (13)
    Source of injury
    ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
    Occupation
    Crane and tower operators (849)
    Human factor
    POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
    Environmental factor
    MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
    Task assigned
    Task regularly assigned (1)

Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.