OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547665
ERECTION PROCESS,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,CONSTRUCTION,E C,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STEEL ERECTION
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ERECTING A STEEL BU ILDING FOR A CITY GOVERNMENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS STEADYING A VERTICAL COLUMN , 18 FEET, 6 INCHES LONG, WHICH WAS BEING MOVED INTO PLACE BY A FORKLIFT. THE FO RKLIFT FORKS WERE RAISED APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET, WITH THE COLUMN SUSPENDED FROM T HE FORKS BY A STEEL CHOKER. THE FORKLIFT CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWE R LINE WHILE THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS HOLDING ONTO THE VERTICAL STEEL COLUMN. HE W AS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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