OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478010
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CRANE BOOM CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS THE FOREMAN FOR THE JOB OF TRANSPORTING A 30-FOOT STEEL I-BEAM. THE WORK CREW WAS USING A GROVE CRANE TO LIFT THE I-BEAM. THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED A 34.5-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS 24 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE FOREMAN WAS ELECTROCUTED AS A RESULT OF THE POWER LINE CONTACT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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