OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548895
MAUI PINEAPPLE CO LTD
LAHAINA, HI—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SEATED ON AN IRRIGATION CART THAT HAD 54-FOOT BOOMS. THE CART WA USCITATION WAS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOREMAN ON THE JOB. S BEING TOWED TO THE END OF A 700-FOOT-BY-100-FOOT BLOCK IN A FIELD SO THAT IT C OULD BE SET UP TO IRRIGATE THE BLOCK. THE LEFT BOOM WAS RAISED TO CLEAR THE HOSE REEL CART. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE CONNECTED THE 4-INCH WATER LINE, THE TOWING WAS C ONTINUED WITH THE BOOM STILL RAISED. ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE BLOCK, THE BOOM CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD ELECTRIC POWER LINE THAT RAN DIAGONALLY ACROSS T HE FIELD. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED 15 PERCENT GENERALIZED BURNS (WITH EXTENSIVE MU SCLE DAMAGE) ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND FOREARM, SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FEET AND SHOULDERS, AND SUPERFICIAL BURNS ON HIS BUTTOCKS. CARDIO-PULMONARY RES
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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