OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565790
MC ATEE EQUIPMENT COMPANY
TUCSON, AZ·
Event description
No injuries when truck boom catches overhead wires
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to move three concrete barriers from the northeast corn er of the intersection of two roads, and to deliver them to a site approximately 1/4 mile east of one of the roads. The loading was done with a knuckle boom cra ne mounted on a flatbed truck. After loading the barriers onto the flatbed truck , Employee #1left the boom in an elevated position and drove under high power li nes and a telephone cable that was attached to the same poles. The boom snagged the telephone cable, putting stress on the poles and causing them to snap off. N o one was injured
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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