OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686436
SIGN PRO
BOUNTIFUL, UT—
Event description
BURNS - ELECTRICAL ARC IGNITED HYDRAULIC FLUID IN CRANE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CRANE BOOM ON A SIGN TRUCK. IT WAS A HYDRAULIC JUN IOR GOLIATH CRANE MADE BY GARLAND. AS HE WAS LIFTING A SIGN UP TO A BUILDING, TH E EMPLOYEE WAS SUDDENLY SPRAYED BY BURNING HYDRAULIC FLUID. HE RECEIVED SECOND A ND THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS BACK AND ON THE TRICEP AREA OF BOTH ARMS. THE INVES TIGATION WHICH FOLLOWED FOUND THAT THE PRESSURE HOSE HAD BEEN ROUTED IN SUCH A M ANNER THAT IT RUBBED ACROSS THE TERMINALS OF THE PUMP MOTOR. IT FINALLY CHAFED T HROUGH TO THE METAL BRAID, CAUSING AN ELECTRIC ARC, WHICH BURNED THE BRAID. THE HOSE RUPTURED AND THE ARC IGNITED THE ATOMIZED FLUID.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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