OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #947135
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
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE HOOKING CABLE SLINGS TO A SMALL CLARK BOBCAT LOADER LOCATED OWER LINE. ONE OF THE TWO EMPLOYEES HOLDING THE SLINGS RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOC K AND A BURN ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT WRIST. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HOLDING THE SLINGS RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AN D WAS TREATED AT A HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. UNDER A 19.9-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE LOADER WAS PARKED AGAINST A CHAI N LINK FENCE WITH STEEL BEAMS STACKED IN FRONT OF IT. THE LOADER WAS TO BE LIFTE D FROM BEHIND THE STEEL BEAMS. THE SLINGS HAD BEEN HOOKED TO THE LOAD LINE OF A 90-TON P&H MOBILE CRANE (MODEL NO. 790-TC), AND TWO OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING ONTO THE SLINGS AS THE CRANE PULLED THE SLACK OUT OF THE LOAD LINE. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE STOOD CLEAR. THE OPERATOR, WHO THOUGHT HE COULD LIFT THE BOBCAT W ITHOUT CONTACTING THE POWER LINE, OPERATED THE CRANE TO TAKE THE SLACK OUT OF TH E LINE. AS TENSION WAS PLACED ON THE SLINGS, THE LOAD LINE WAS PULLED INTO THE P
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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