OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505465

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

1986-09-25T00:00:00

Event: BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E C
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14505465
Report ID: 728500

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING ABANDONED GAS AND WATER PIPES THAT HAD BEEN EXCAVATED DURING NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION. THEY WERE IN A HURRY BECAUSE THE SALVAGE YARD TO WHICH THEY WERE SELLING THE PIPE CLOSED AT 5 PM. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS STANDI NG ON THE GROUND GUIDING A 20-FOOT PIPE INTO POSITION ON THE TRUCK. THE TELESCOP IC BOOM OF THE CRANE, WHICH WAS MOUNTED AT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK, CONTACTED A 7 200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE EM PLOYEE GUIDING THE PIPE WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 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
2

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