OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445290
O G HANSON & SON INC
MILACA, MN—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS CONCRETE BLOCK TRUCK ONTO A JOBSITE TO PICK UP THREE CUBES FORD SERIES 9000 WITH A U.S. TRUCK CRANE BOOM ON IT. OF BRICK SO THAT HE COULD DELIVER THEM TO ANOTHER JOBSITE. HE BACKED THE BOOM T RUCK INTO POSITION AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE THE BOOM OFF TO THE LEFT. THERE WERE TR EES ON THIS SIDE, AND HE HAD TO RAISE THE BOOM TO CLEAR THEM. AS HE DID THIS, TH E BOOM CONTACTED A 7.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. HE WAS USING A HAND PENDANT CONTROL. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE BURNS OVER A LARGE PART OF HIS BODY. PART OF THE BURNS WERE SUFFERED BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING A POLYESTER SHIRT THAT CAUGHT FIRE. H E LOST THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND AND MAY HAVE LOST HIS LEFT FOOT. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS 26 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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