OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762872
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CONNECTING THE LOAD LINE OF A LITTLE GIANT TRUCK-MOUNTED CRAN E TO A BRIDGE PILING. THE CRANE APPARENTLY CONTACTED A NEARBY OVERHEAD POWER LIN E, CAUSING BOTH EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, WHICH KNOCKED THEM INTO A DITCH. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED; THE OTHER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR T HE INJURIES HE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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