OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527469
HOLLOMAN DRAGLINE SERVICE
WADE, MS·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
An employee was operating a Link-Belt crawler crane (Model No. 68) with a 0.5-cu ectric shock. Both men were found in the water. They had been electrocuted. bic-meter drag bucket. Another employee was alongside the crane, guiding the fir st employee as he drove the crane through a narrow gate in a fence surrounding a farm stock pond that was being dredged. The boom of the crane was elevated and extended over a 7620-volt overhead power line, which crossed the crane's path. T he crane's load line contacted the power line at a point 8.4 meters above the gr ound. The employee guiding the crane received an electric shock and was knocked back into the pond. The crane operator stopped the crane and took it out of gear . He was apparently going to the aid of his coworker when he also received an el
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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