OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498141

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E C,CRANE

1985-09-03T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E C,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14498141
Report ID: 626600

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

At a highway construction site, a crew was installing an underground drainage sy stem. A signaler for a Grove hydraulic crane (Model No. RT-580) was placing stee l pins on a sling at the end of the crane's load line into holes in a concrete c ulvert that was about 0.9 meters by 1.2 meters in dimension. The signaler was st anding on top of the culvert with a steel pin in each hand when the crane boom c ontacted a 7200-volt overhead power line. He was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
5

Event type
13

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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