OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565709
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,CRANE BOOM,CONSTRUCTION,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CRANE BOOM CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A CONSTRUCTION LABORER WAS WORKING IN A TRENCHING OPERATION BEING CONDUCTED NEAR SOME OVERHEAD POWER LINES. A CONCRETE CASTING MACHINE, CALLED A "BOAT", WAS BEI NG USED TO LAY PIPE IN THE TRENCH. (THE EMPLOYEES POUR CONCRETE INTO THIS MACHIN E, AND IT CASTS AND LAYS THE PIPE AS IT MOVES ALONG INSIDE THE TRENCH.) AT THE T IME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A 90-TON CLARK CRANE TO LIFT THE M ACHINE FROM THE TRENCH. THE LABORER WAS HOLDING ON TO THE MACHINE TO GUIDE IT AN D KEEP IT FROM SWINGING AS IT WAS BEING SUSPENDED BY THE CRANE. THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINES, CAUSING THE LABORER TO RECEIVE A SEVERE ELEC TRIC SHOCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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