OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14529333
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A crane operator and a foreman were setting the outriggers for a 45-ton lattice boom crane. The crane's boom contacted an overhead power line, and the foreman r eceived an electric shock. (The crane operator was uninjured.) The foreman was h ospitalized for his injury. He recovered completely.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 843
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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