OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543458
BECHTEL CONSTRUCTION INC.
FRACKVILLE, PA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE
Investigation abstract
TWO PIPEFITTERS WERE WALKING ALONGSIDE A BUNDLE OF PIPE AS IT WAS SUSPENDED FROM A 22-TON ROUGH TERRAIN GROVE CRANE. THE PIPE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM A HOLDI NG AREA TO THE PIPEFITTERS' SHOP. TO ACCESS THIS AREA, THE CRANE HAD TO PASS UND ER A 69-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AS THE CRANE PASSED UNDER THE LINE, IT CON TACTED THE POWER LINE, AND THE LOAD OF PIPE BEGAN TO SWING. ONE OF THE TWO PIPEF ITTERS GRABBED THE PIPE TO STOP THE SWINGING AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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