OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259352
GENERAL BUILDING CORPORATION
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A 40-FOOT FLAT BED TRAILER LOADED WITH SURPLUS (SCRAP) MACHINERY HAD COLLAPSED I N THE MIDDLE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. A PETTIBONE MODEL 30 TRUCK CRANE WAS USED T O UNLOAD AND SET THE MACHINERY ON THE GROUND. A LOW-BOY TRAILER THAT WAS TO BE U SED TO HAUL THE MACHINERY WAS DRIVEN UP ALONGSIDE THE FLAT BED TRAILER. A WIRE R OPE SLING WAS USED TO HOIST THE MACHINERY THAT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND ONTO TH E TRAILER. AS THE TRUCK CRANE LIFTED THE MACHINERY, AN EMPLOYEE GUIDED IT ONTO T HE LOW-BOY TRAILER WITH HIS HAND. THE HOIST ROPE OF THE TRUCK CRANE CONTACTED A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND ELECTROCUTED THE EMPLOYEE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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