OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450209
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,CRANE,HYDRAULIC CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
A MECHANIC WAS ACTING AS A RIGGER AND SIGNALER FOR THE UNLOADING OF 32-METER-LON G CONCRETE PUMP BOOM SECTIONS FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE SECTIONS WERE BEING LI FTED BY A 15-TON HYDRAULIC CRANE. THE MECHANIC WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND GUIDIN G THE LOAD WHEN THE CRANE BOOM EITHER CONTACTED OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE MECHANIC WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 547
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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