OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14560239
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
Some employees were using a truck-mounted crane to help them dismantle a large f ront-end loader. The tip of the crane boom contacted a 13.8-kilovolt overhead po wer line. The crane operator, who was standing on the ground, received an electr ic shock and fell to the ground. A coworker went over to the truck and was elect rocuted when he contacted it. The crane operator was hospitalized for his injury .
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 849
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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