OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741645
DEWEY JORDAN, INC.
BUCKEYSTOWN, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
Five employees were unloading a Caterpillar dozer blade with attachment arms fro nd unload equipment and materials. However, the employer had no written safety p olicy and no written work rules. m a lowboy flatbed trailer. They were using a LinkBelt mobile truck crane (Model No. LS68) to unload the trailer. The crane was parked parallel to a 12-kilovolt (phase-to-phase) overhead power line that ran through the middle of the equipme nt yard. The crane had unloaded one attachment arm. The employees attached the s econd arm to the load line, and the crane moved it over to the drop area. While the crane was moving the second arm, the load line contacted the power line. One of the employees, who was guiding the load, was electrocuted. Over 365 meters o f overhead power line ran through the yard, and cranes were used daily to load a
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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