OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758862
BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,LOAD LINE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND A CONSTRUCTION LABORER WERE USING A RO STINGER BOOM TR THE GROUND. THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS ALSO INJURED, BUT THE REPORT DID NOT SAY HOW. UCK (MODEL NUMBER TC-70) TO UNLOAD COILED, 2-INCH-DIAMETER PLASTIC PIPE FROM A F LATBED TRAILER. THE EMPLOYEES HAD UNLOADED TWO PALLETS OF PIPE. THE THIRD PALLET OF PIPE WAS AT THE REAR OF THE TRAILER, WHICH WAS PARKED BENEATH A 7200-VOLT OV ERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITIONED THE BOOM OVER THE THIRD PAL LET. HE THEN STEPPED OFF THE TRUCK TO HELP THE LABORER, WHO WAS UNTANGLING THE N YLON SLINGS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE LOAD LINE OF THE BOOM. AS THE LABORER WAS DOING THIS, HE PULLED THE LOAD LINE INTO CONTACT WITH THE OVERHEAD LINE. HE WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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