OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539340
VERN JENSEN LOGGING
BOZEMAN, MT·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO RECOVER LOGS FROM A CREEK AND ROADSIDE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON A CABLE SLING WHEN THE CRANE'S HYDRAULIC HOSE CONTACTED A 14.4-K ILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST WHEN HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. HE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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