Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18736249 - Excellent Crafts

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Manassas (Regional Office)- Safety 0355114

Investigation Summary

A WORK CREW WAS SETTING ROOF TRUSSES ONTO A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SEVEN TRUSSES HAD BEEN LYING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE HOUSE AND HAD BEEN LIFTED BY A CRANE TO EMPLOYEES STATIONED TO SET THEM IN PLACE. AFTER THOSE TRUSSES WERE SET, AN EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND WAS TOLD BY THE FOREMAN TO WAIT FOR THE REST OF THE CREW TO COME DOWN FROM THE HOUSE TO HELP DRAG MORE TRUSSES INTO POSITION FOR THE CRANE TO LIFT THEM. THE CRANE OPERATOR HAD STOPPED THE LOAD LINE A SAFE DISTANCE FROM AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE IN THE VICINITY; HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYEE ON THE GROUND GRABBED THE CRANE HOOK AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE ADDITIONAL TRUSSES. HE PULLED THE LOAD LINE INTO THE OVERHEAD LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.

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