OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498901
CONSOLIDATED SIGNS, INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE ASSIGNED THE TASK OF ERECTING TWO 30-FOOT-LONG, 10-INCH-DIAM E WAS ELECTROCUTED. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE NOT REPORTED TO BE INJURED. ETER PIPES, WHICH WERE TO BE THE BASE FOR AN ELECTRIC SIGN BEING INSTALLED AT TH E JOBSITE. THE EMPLOYEES USED A HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE TO AUGER TWO 12-FOOT-DEEP, 24-INCH-DIAMETER HOLES, INTO WHICH THE TWO PIPES WERE TO BE PLACED. AFTER THEY AUGERED THE HOLES, THEY USED THE CRANE TO MOVE THE PIPES. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES W AS OPERATING THE CRANE; TWO OF THEM WERE WORKING FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK USED TO TRANSPORT THE PIPES; AND THE FOURTH EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE GROUND, HOLDING A PIP E AS IT WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE CRANE. WHILE THE CRANE WAS MOVING THE PIPE, THE L OAD LINE CONTACTED A 7000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE PIP
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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