OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518955
DRESSER ENGINEERING COMPANY
ERATH, LA—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU LOAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A WORK CREW WAS MOVING AN 8-FOOT-BY-8-FOOT METAL BUILDING (ON WOODEN SKIDS) FROM AN AREA OF STORAGE TO A CONCRETE FOUNDATION ABOUT 130 FEET AWAY FROM THE STORAG E AREA. A 15-TON GALION HYDRAULIC CRANE, SPREADER BAR, CHAINS, AND SLINGS WERE U SED TO LIFT THE BUILDING ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND SO THAT IT COULD BE MOVED . THE CRANE WAS MOVING IN A BACKWARDS DIRECTION. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE GUIDING THE BUILDING AND DIRECTING THE CRANE OPERATOR WHEN THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED 2 PHASES OF A 3-PHASE, 13.2-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE SYSTEM. THE TWO EMPLOYEES GUIDIN G THE BUILDING WERE ELECTROCUTED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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