OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775056
BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,TRUCK BOOM
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
A GIN-POLE TRUCK WAS AT THE SITE OF A DRILLING RIG. THE TRUCK WAS TO MOVE EQUIPM ENT AWAY FROM THE RIG SO THAT IT COULD BE DISASSEMBLED. A METAL WIRE-LINE MACHIN E HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY THE TRUCK AND MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE. THE TRUCK'S BOOM EITHER CONTACTED OR APPROACHED TOO CLOSE TO A 14.4-KILOVOLT OV ERHEAD POWER LINE. A TRUCK SWAMPER ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE LOAD WAS ELECTR OCUTED WHEN HE TOUCHED THE SUSPENDED LOAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 867
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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