OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733584
VIRG'S ELECTRIC, INC.
ROZET, WY·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE DIRECTED AN APPRENTICE TO USE A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE (A PITMAN UNIDYN E II MOUNTED ON A FORD 600 TRUCK) TO UNLOAD A POLE. AS THE APPRENTICE WAS POSITI ONING THE BOOM, IT CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE FIRST EMPL OYEE, WHO WAS TOUCHING A TOOL BOX ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CRANE, WAS ELECTROCUTE D.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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