OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594333
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A COMPANY HAD COMPLETED BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND A HIGHWAY OVERLAY. THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES WERE USING A CRAWLER CRANE TO LOAD CONCRETE HIGHWAY BARRIERS ONTO A L OW-BOY TRAILER. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD PARKED THE TRAILER UNDER AN 8000-VOLT O VERHEAD POWER LINE. THE CRANE OPERATOR PICKED UP ONE OF THE LAST EIGHT BARRIERS TO BE LOADED ONTO THE TRAILER. THE EMPLOYEE WHO HAD PARKED THE TRAILER WAS WATCH ING THE LOAD AND WAS GUIDING THE CRANE OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED UP TO GUID E THE BARRIER INTO POSITION ON THE TRAILER WHEN THE CRANE'S LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND HOLDING ON TO THE SLING, WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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