OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734285
STRUCTURES INC.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ASSEMBLING CONCRETE FORMS AT THE EDGE OF A ROADWAY. A CRANE O PERATOR WAS MOVING A CRANE (AMERICAN 50 TON, MODEL NUMBER 5299) DOWN THE ROAD AN D WAS STOPPED BY THE TWO EMPLOYEES. HE WAS TOLD TO PICK UP A WORK PLATFORM. THE CRANE OPERATOR ROTATED THE BOOM PAST THE PLATFORM, AND THE BOOM CONTACTED A 115- KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE TWO EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND BUR NS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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