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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607960

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,LOAD LINE,CRANE

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
607960
Report ID
418100

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Investigation abstract

An employee was standing on a concrete support structure for a bridge, preparing to remove wooden forms from the support. He had a pry bar and a hammer in his l eft hand. A crane operator positioned his crane to lift the forms away from stru cture. The load line of the crane contacted an overhead power line located direc tly above the first employee. The employee standing on the concrete support was electrocuted.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    6
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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