OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775544
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
SOME EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING A PRECAST CONCRETE BUILDING. THE LAST LOAD OF BUILD DDITIONALLY, THERE HAD BEEN NO TRAINING IN HAZARD RECOGNITION. ING COMPONENTS WAS BEING UNLOADED VIA A LORAIN 50-TON HYDRAULIC CRANE. TWO EMPLO YEES WERE GUIDING A BUNDLE OF 50-FOOT LENGTHS OF ROOF BAR JOISTS BEING SUSPENDED BY THE CRANE. DURING THIS OPERATION, THE CRANE'S SECONDARY HOIST BALL CONTACTED A 14.4-KILOVOLT-TO-GROUND OVERHEAD POWER LINE. BOTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCKS. ONE OF THEM DIED AN HOUR LATER; THE OTHER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 3 DAYS F OR THE TREATMENT OF ELECTRICAL BURNS AND DISRUPTION OF BODY FUNCTIONS. THE CRANE HAD REPEATEDLY BEEN OPERATED WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE OVERHEAD LINE, AND NO ONE HA D BEEN ASSIGNED TO OBSERVE THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE POWER LINE AND THE CRANE. A
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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