Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101828325 - Staff Management Systems

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Investigation Summary

AN EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE FLAT BED OF A TRACTOR TRAILER HELPING TO UNLOAD STEEL BEAM SECTIONS. HE WAS HOOKING UP THE STEEL BEAMS TO THE LOAD LINE OF A HYDRAULIC TRUCK CRANE. (THE CRANE WAS MOUNTED ON A DIFFERENT TRUCK.) AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE WAS LOCATED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER AT A HEIGHT OF 28.5 FEET. THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE AS ONE OF THE STEEL BEAMS WAS BEING LIFTED, CAUSING THE CRANE'S 0.5-INCH WIRE-ROPE LOAD LINE TO SWING INTO THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE STEEL BEAM, WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, TRUCK CRANE, ELECTROCUTED, LOAD LINE, CRANE