OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777870
BURN,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,TRUCK BOOM
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH POWER LINE THRU TRUCK BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED WELDING A SIGN BEING INSTALLED AND WAS PUTTING HIS EQUIPMENT ON HIS TRUCK. HIS COWORKER STARTED MOVING THE BOOM ON THE TRUCK, WHIC H WAS HOLDING THE SIGN. THIS EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BOOM INTO CONTACT WITH A 7200-VO LT OVERHEAD POWER LINE LOCATED ABOVE THE WORK AREA. THE FIRST EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GET AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. TWO PASSERS BY NOTICED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND STOPPED T O HELP. THE POWER LINES WERE DEENERGIZED SO THAT THE INJURED PERSONS COULD BE RE SCUED. ALL FOUR PERSONS (THE TWO EMPLOYEES AND THE TWO PASSERS BY) RECEIVED ELEC TRIC SHOCKS AND BURNS AND WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 70 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 285
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 848
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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