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Accident: 14386981 - Electric Shock & Burn - Crane Contact With Overhead Line

Accident: 14386981 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 06/24/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10325993306/29/19873993Best Neon Sign Company
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ERECTING AN ELECTRIC SIGN. THEY WERE USING A CRANE TO HOIST A 25-FOOT METAL POLE SO THAT IT COULD BE PLACED IN A SMALL HOLE. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE POLE TO STEADY IT WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEE OPERATED THE CRANE. THE CRANE CONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE GUIDING THE POLE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK AND FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO HIS HANDS AND BUTTOCKS. THE CRANE OPERATOR BROKE HIS ANKLE WHEN HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB OF THE CRANE TO ASSIST THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.
Keywords: burn, clothing, fracture, overhead power line, electrical, buttocks, e c, electric shock, ankle, crane
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 103259933 Hospitalized injury Electric Shock Occupation not reported
2 103259933 Non Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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