OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540645
SOUTH SHORE DRILLING & BLASTING, INC.
RANDOLPH, MA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BLASTING LEADS THAT WERE CONNECTED TO A METAL BLASTING M AT BEING MOVED BY A CRANE. AS IT WAS MOVING THE MAT INTO POSITION, THE CRANE CON TACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE LOAD LINE, THE MAT , AND THE BLASTING LEADS HELD BY THE EMPLOYEE, WHO PROVIDED A PATH TO GROUND AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 598
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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