OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236988
CHROMALLOY DRILLING FLUIDS CORP DIV OF CHROMALLOY
LIBERTY, TX—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FALL - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PREPARING TO SANDBLAST A 22-FOOT HIGH, 8-FOOT DIAMETER TANK L OCATED IN THE YARD AREA OF A WAREHOUSE. TWO TO THREE YEARS EARLIER, THE TANK HAD BEEN SLID INTO ITS PRESENT POSITION UNDER A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT HAVE ANY FALL PROTECTION. ONE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF T HE TANK. AS HE WAS CLIMBING, HIS HEAD CONTACTED THE POWER LINE. HE LOST CONSCIOU SNESS AND FELL TO THE TANK TOP. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SAW THE ACCIDENT AND CLIMBED UP TO HELP. HE ALSO TOUCHED THE LINE, WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND FELL OFF THE TANK. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE FIRST EMPLOYEE ALSO FELL TO THE GROUND.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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