OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #869123
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
Some employees were using a truck crane to remove trusses from a trailer. The tr usses were for a residential building that was under construction. The trailer w as positioned beneath a 7200-volt overhead power line. During one lift, the load shifted, pulling the crane's load line into contact with the power line. One of the employees was touching one of the outriggers on the crane. He was electrocu ted. A second employee touched another outrigger as he was running to aid the fi rst employee. He received an electric shock and burns. A third employee received an electric shock when he used a board to knock the first employee away from th e crane.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 2
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