Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1506922 - Golden Recycle Company

Inspection Information - Office: Denver Area Office

Investigation Summary

TWO EMPLOYEES, ONE OF WHOM WAS A CRANE OPERATOR, WERE ASSIGNED TO RELOCATE PIPES STORED ALONG A FENCE. THEY WERE USING A MOBILE CRANE AND HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THEIR FOREMAN AND BY THE ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES AT THE SCENE TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES NEARBY. THE CRANE OPERATOR DISMOUNTED AND HELPED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HOOK THE CHOKER TO A SECTION OF PIPE. THE CRANE OPERATOR THEN REMOUNTED THE CRANE AND WAS SIGNALED BY THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND TO RAISE THE BOOM. THE BOOM STRUCK TWO PHASE LINES OF THE 1320-VOLT (PHASE TO GROUND) SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, E C, BOOM, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, CRANE