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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445290

BURN,CLOTHING,DELIVERY WORK,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK

Event
BURN,CLOTHING,DELIVERY WORK,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14445290
Report ID
552700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM TRUCK

Investigation abstract

AN EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS CONCRETE BLOCK TRUCK ONTO A JOBSITE TO PICK UP THREE CUBES FORD SERIES 9000 WITH A U.S. TRUCK CRANE BOOM ON IT. OF BRICK SO THAT HE COULD DELIVER THEM TO ANOTHER JOBSITE. HE BACKED THE BOOM T RUCK INTO POSITION AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE BOOM OFF TO THE LEFT. THERE WERE TR EES ON THIS SIDE, AND HE HAD TO RAISE THE BOOM TO CLEAR THEM. AS HE DID THIS, TH E BOOM CONTACTED A 7.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE WAS USING A HAND PENDANT CONTROL. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE BURNS OVER A LARGE PART OF HIS BODY. PART OF THE BURNS WERE SUFFERED BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A POLYESTER SHIRT THAT CAUGHT FIRE. H E LOST THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND AND MAY HAVE LOST HIS LEFT FOOT. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS 26 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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