OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170052286
FRACTURE,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,TRUCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE,LEG
Event description
FRACTURED LEG JUMPING FROM TRUCKBED
Investigation abstract
Four employees were setting new air conditioning units on the roof of an existin g building. The load line of the Garland truck crane they were using contacted a 1200-volt overhead power line. The power line conductor melted and fell to the ground, hitting the crane on the way down. Two of the employees were standing on the back of a flatbed truck parked next to the crane. When the two employees re alized what was happing, they jumped from the truck to escape the falling conduc tor. One of the employees broke his left leg just below the knee. He was taken t o a local medical center, where he was treated and released.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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