OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887828
IBEX INDUSTRIES T/A WASHINGTON ROOFING PRODUCTS
POTOMAC, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
An employee was standing in front of a boom conveyor truck directing the boom op erator as he was positioning the boom. The 12.5-meter-long boom was positioned b elow a 7600-volt overhead power line. The boom operator rotated the boom into th e power line. The employee directing the operator received an electric shock and burns to his back and to his hands. The injured employee was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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