OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515738
BURN,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & BURN - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING A LOAD OF CONCRETE BLOCK TO A COMPANY. PARKED ON AN U ED THROUGH THE BOOM, TO THE TRUCK, TO THE PENDANT CONTROL, AND THROUGH THE EMPLO YEE, WHO PROVIDED A PATH TO GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BADLY BURNED ON HIS HANDS A ND FEET, AND HE LATER DIED. NPAVED ROAD, HIS TRUCK WAS CARRYING CONCRETE BLOCK TO BE UNLOADED ONTO PALLETS. THE STORAGE AREA CONTAINING THE PALLETS WAS LOCATED UNDER A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD P OWER LINE. WITH THE PENDANT CONTROL IN HIS HANDS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING TO T HE EAST OF THE TRUCK UNDER THE POWER LINES. THE BOOM OF THE PRENTICE CRANE MOUNT ED ON THE TRUCK WAS OVER THE LEFT FRONT QUARTER OF THE TRUCK BED. THE BLOCKS TO BE UNLOADED WERE IN THE LEFT REAR OF THE TRUCK BED, THE SECOND LOAD FROM THE BAC K. WHILE TRYING TO WORK THE LOAD OF BLOCK FROM BETWEEN OTHER MATERIAL, THE EMPLO YEE EITHER RAISED OR ROTATED THE BOOM INTO THE POWER LINE. ELECTRIC CURRENT FLOW
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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