OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764316
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,TRUCK CRANE,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELEC UTILITY WORK,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS BORING AND INSTALLING THE CASING FOR UNDERGROUND POWER L INES. ONE MEMBER OF THE CREW WAS USING A TRUCK-MOUNTED HYDRAULIC CRANE TO MOVE A WELDING MACHINE. THE CRANE WAS PARKED UNDER A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE I NSTALLED 28 FEET, 11 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE BOOM OF THE CRANE CONTACTED TH E OVERHEAD LINE, AND AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS LEANING AGAINST ONE OF THE CRANE'S OUTR IGGERS WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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