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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733600

BURN,AMPUTATED,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,SHOULDER,ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,HOIST,DISLOCATED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE

Event
BURN,AMPUTATED,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,SHOULDER,ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,HOIST,DISLOCATED,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
733600
Report ID
855610

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE

Investigation abstract

Some employees were erecting a metal building. One of them was driving a Dodge 2 so hospitalized. 00 pickup truck with a Boatham hoist (Model No. B-H 4000) suspending the west wa ll. The other three employees were guiding the load as it was being positioned. The 13-millimeter-diameter wire rope load line contacted a 7200-volt (phase-to-g round), three-phase overhead power line located about 7.6 meters above the groun d and about 2.6 meters from the west side of the building. The three employees g uiding the load received electric shocks. One of them also sustained serious bur ns requiring the amputation of two limbs. He was hospitalized for his injuries. The driver dislocated his shoulder as he was getting out of his truck. He was al

Victims (4)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    13
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    13
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    13
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    13
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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