OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #954529
BURN,AMPUTATED,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,CRANE BOOM,E GI IA,ELECTRIC SHOCK,ARM,CRANE
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
An employee was on the ground, handling a 12.2-meter-long steel I-beam that was being moved by a 50-metric-ton crane. The 12.8-meter-long boom on the crane cont acted a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line located about 10 meters above the grou nd. The employee holding the I-beam received an electric shock. He was hospitali zed for his injuries, which resulted in the amputation of both arms at the shoul der.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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