OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758359
STACKMAN SIGNS AND GRAPHICS
PERU, IN·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEE OF A SIGN COMPANY WERE REPAIRING A SHEET METAL SIGN LOCATED AT A AU TOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION. ONE OF THEM WAS HANDLING A 3-INCH-WIDE, 6-FOOT-LONG NY LON SLING ON THE HOOK OF A 1970 ARLO CRANE MOUNTED ON A 1968 FORD F700 TRUCK. TH E SIGN WAS LOCATED 5 FEET BELOW A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE HANDLING THE SLING RECEIVED AN ELE CTRIC SHOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL 30 TO 35 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE INJURED E MPLOYEE RECEIVED BURNS TO HIS MOUTH AND OTHER BODY PARTS, AS WELL AS INTERNAL AB DOMINAL INJURIES FROM THE FALL. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED 1 HOUR LATER FROM HIS INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 785
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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