OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #604496
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE USING AN RO STINGRAY CRANE MOUNTED ON A FORD DIESEL TRUCK TO IVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURY. PLACE AERATORS INTO A CATFISH POND. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE MANAGER OF THE CAT TLE FARM WHERE THE JOB WAS LOCATED, WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND, LEANING AGAINST THE CRANE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE COMPANY CON TRACTED TO PERFORM THE JOB, WAS OPERATING THE CRANE. THE CRANE OPERATOR ASKED TH E FARM MANAGER ABOUT AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE IN THE AREA. THE MANAGER REPLIED THA T THE POWER LINE WAS INACTIVE. DURING THE OPERATION THE CRANE'S BOOM OR LOAD LIN E CONTACTED THE 12-KILOVOLT POWER LINE, WHICH WAS ENERGIZED. THE FARM MANAGER WA S ELECTROCUTED. THE CRANE OPERATOR, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE CRANE PLATFORM, RECE
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 475
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 4
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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