OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692434
C & V UTILITIES
SUFFOLK, VA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
An employee had disconnected a chain sling from a 3.7-meter piece of metal casin the power line at the same time that the sling struck the employee, and he recei ved an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injuries. g that was being lowered into a boring pit by a truck crane. The employee was at the north end of the boring pit. A 34.5-kilovolt overhead power line was locate d about 12.2 meters directly over the north end of the boring pit. The truck cra ne was positioned at the south end of the boring pit facing the power line. No o ne had been assigned to observe the clearance between the boom of the crane and the power line. The employee disconnected the 610-millimeter chain sling from th e metal casing. The sling and the load line started swinging. The employee raise d his hands to protect himself from the swinging chain. The load line contacted
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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