OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659052
NEW ENGLAND CONCRETE PIPE CORPORATION
DEDHAM, MA—
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
A LARGE STRADDLE-TYPE MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO MANEUVER A CONCRETE BUCKET INTO POSITION OVER A STEEL FORM ON THE GROUND. AS THE CRANE MOVED THE BUCKET INT O POSITION, IT BACKED INTO AN 8000-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE HOLDING ONTO THE BUCKET AT THE TIME; ONE OF THEM WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE OTHER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND SEVERE BURNS TO HIS FEET, HAND, AND CHEST. THERE WAS ALSO AN ELECTRIC ARC AT THE BUCKET, CAUSING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES TO SUSTAIN MINOR FLASH BURNS TO THEIR EYES.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 19
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 19
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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