OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823237
BURN,CHEST,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,TRUCK BOOM,ARM
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
Two employees were delivering a load of drywall to a single-family home under co nstruction. One of them was operating a Prentice Telstik boom with a pendent con trol. He swung the boom over the side of the truck where it contacted a 7620-vol t overhead power line located 7.2 meters above the ground. He received an electr ic shock and sustained burns on his chest and arms. He was hospitalized for his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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