OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #894659
BURN,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,LOAD LINE,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE STRAIGHTENING THE LOAD LINE ON THE DRUM OF A 1974 KOEHRING 65 IGHTEN THE LOAD LINE, DIRECTLY BENEATH THE POWER LINE, ABOUT 50 FEET WEST OF THE CRANE. HE THEN REINSTALLED THE HEADACHE BALL ON THE LOAD LINE AND, AFTER STEADY ING THE BALL, STARTED TOWARD THE BASKET. AS HE STARTED TOWARD THE BASKET, THE CR ANE OPERATOR STARTED TO SWING THE BOOM OF THE CRANE TOWARD THE BASKET SO THAT TH E EMPLOYEE COULD HOOK THE BASKET TO THE LOAD LINE. THE EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT THE B ASKET AND WAS STANDING ON THE WOODEN PLATFORM OF THE BASKET HOLDING ITS CONNECTI NG CABLES WHEN THE HOOK ARRIVED. AS HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE HOOK OF THE CRANE, TH E LOAD LINE CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AN D BURNS TO HIS ABDOMEN AND TO BOTH HANDS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES. -TON TRUCK CRANE. THE CRANE HAD JUST UNDERGONE A COMPLETE CLEANING AND HAD BEEN REPAINTED. THE CRANE, WHICH WAS USED IN DISMANTLING BUILDINGS, HAD NOT BEEN USED FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR. THE CRANE OPERATOR HAD SET UP THE CRANE ADJACENT TO A 34.5-KI LOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE SO THAT THIS JOB COULD BE PERFORMED. THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WAS USED BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY LOCATION WITH ENOUGH ROOM TO PULL THE CABLE OFF THE DRUM. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THE LOAD LINE HAD USED A FORK LIFT TO BRING A 6-FOOT-BY-7-FOOT-9-INCH MATERIAL BASKET TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLANT. HE PLACED THE BASKET, WHICH WAS TO BE USED AS EXTRA WEIGHT TO STRA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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