OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554323

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,CRANE

1987-06-17T00:00:00

Event: OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14554323
Report ID: 728900

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM

Investigation abstract

Some employees were moving barricades from the north side of a road to their fin al position for permanent installation. One of the employees was holding a chain sling attached to the load line of the crane they were using to move the barric ades. The crane was backing to the east, and its boom came too close to a 14-kil ovolt overhead power line. The employee holding the sling was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
4

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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