OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516900
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,UNTRAINED,HAND,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE SETTING STEEL PIPES IN A DITCH. THEY WERE INSERTING A STEEL RED EMPLOYEE AWAY FROM THE AREA. HE ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. THE CRANE O PERATOR AND THE SECOND INJURED EMPLOYEE WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES. TH E OTHER EMPLOYEE, ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED ON HIS LEFT HAND AND NEEDED SURGERY AND OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT. ALL THREE EMPLOYEES W ERE VERY YOUNG AND HAD INSUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRICAL HAZARDS. AUGER INTO ONE OF THE 16-FOOT-LONG PIPES. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE GUIDING THE AUGER INTO POSITION AS IT WAS BEING TRANSPORTED BY A CRANE. THE CRANE'S BOOM WAS POSIT IONED ABOUT 2 FEET BELOW A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE; AND, WHEN THE BOOM WAS RAISED, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, WHO WAS GUIDING T HE AUGER WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE CHAIN SLING, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, WHICH K NOCKED HIM DOWN. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE GUIDING THE AUGER RAN OVER TO HELP THE INJUR ED EMPLOYEE, AND HE ALSO RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, WHICH KNOCKED HIM DOWN. THE CRANE OPERATOR THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CRANE AND RAN OVER TO DRAG THE FIRST INJU
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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