OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495535
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A TRUCK CRANE (LICENSE NO. 479-680T) INTO POSITION TO PI CK UP A LOAD OF ROOFING SHEET METAL. THE SHEET METAL HAD BEEN STORED BENEATH A 7 620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LOAD LINE ON THE CRANE CONTACTED THE POWER LIN E AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE LOAD LINE. HE WAS ELECTRO CUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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