OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511646
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,ELECTROCUTED,E C,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CRANE BOOM CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WAS CONNECTING A CHAIN SLING SUSPENDED FROM A TRUCK CRANE ONTO TWO 20-FOOT LENGTHS OF 8-INCH PIPE RESTING ON THE GROUND. AS THE CRANE HOIS TED THE PIPE TO PLACE IT ONTO A TRUCK BED FOR TRANSPORT, THE BOOM OF THE CRANE C ONTACTED A 13-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER WAS ELECTROC UTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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