OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526719
FLORIDA WELDING INC.
BOYNTON BEACH, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE LOAD
Investigation abstract
A METAL BAR JOIST WAS BEING HOISTED INTO PLACE BY A CRANE. THE CRANE HAD A 130-F OOT BOOM AND JIB, AND THE JOIST WAS 52 FEET LONG. A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD LINE WAS LOCATED 102 FEET FROM THE CENTER PIN OF THE CRANE'S CARRIAGE, AT THE FAR END OF THE JOIST. THE LOAD WAS BEING CONTROLLED BY A TAG LINE AT THE END AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE, AND AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE JOIST TO GUIDE IT ONTO A PAD ON THE WALL OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT WAS TO BE PLACED. A GUST OF WIND CARRIED THE METAL JOIST INTO THE POWER LINE AS IT WAS BEING SWUNG AROUND, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLO YEE HOLDING THE JOIST.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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