OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709063
ALDERS CONST CO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO WASH A CONCRETE BUCKET AFTER IT WAS USED TO POUR CO NCRETE. WHILE THE CONCRETE BUCKET WAS STILL IN THE AIR, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE BUCKET CLOSER TO THE CONCRETE TRUCK. THE BUCKET WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE STEEL LOA D LINE OF A LIMA 60-TON CRANE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE CONCRETE BUCKET, THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC S HOCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED WHEN THE POWER LINE WAS DEENERGIZED BY CIRCUIT P ROTECTIVE DEVICES. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR BURNS ON BOTH HIS HANDS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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