OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #889436
MNDL CORPORATION
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU METAL TOWER
Investigation abstract
Two employees were assembling 9.1-meter-tall towers in the parking lot of a groc employees heard someone shout "Watch out! Electric lines!" just before the conta ct. He let go of the tower before it contacted the power line. The other employe e apparently did not let go and was electrocuted. ery store. The towers were going to be used to simulate rain in the filming of a motion picture. They were constructed primarily of 76-millimeter-diameter alumi num pipe. One piece extended upward supported by braces to form a tripod on whee ls. Each tower had hose connections and valves to carry water to the top. The tw o employees were told to move the towers from the parking lot to an area near wh ere they were to be used. As they rolled the towers across the parking lot, thro ugh the gate, and onto the driveway pad, a distance of about 15 meters, the towe r leaned toward the street and contacted an overhead power line. One of the two
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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