Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14561864 - ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE

Accident Summary Nr: 14561864 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 08/03/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
657544	08/06/1984	1623	0	Nass-Suff Contracting Corp
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
657528	08/08/1984	4212	0	Arno Ventures Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
657536	08/08/1984	1799	0	Buff & Grala Contracting Corp

Abstract: TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTACHING A CRANE LIFTING BEAM TO THE INSIDE OF A 10-FOOT-DIAMETER PRECAST CONCRETE DRYWELL SECTION LOCATED AT THE FRONT END OF A FLAT BED TRAILER. THIS TRAILER WAS PARKED UNDER A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE WHICH WAS ABOUT 27 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE TRUCK CRANE, A 30-YEAR-OLD UNIT WITH A 35-FOOT BOOM, WAS LOCATED OVER 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE. THE CRANE'S HOLDING LINE WAS ATTACHED TO THE LIFTING BEAM. THE CLOSING AND TAG LINES WERE ATTACHED TO THE CLAMSHELL BUCKET POSITIONED ON THE GROUND. THE CRANE OPERATOR SWUNG HIS BOOM WITH THE LIFTING BEAM TOWARD THE TWO MEN STANDING ATOP THE CONCRETE RING. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS AT THE TRACTOR END, AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPPOSITE HIM. BOTH WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE LIFTING BEAM ENDS INSIDE THE CONCRETE RING. WHEN EMPLOYEE #2'S ARM GOT WARM, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW AN ARC. THE CRANE OPERATOR SWUNG THE BOOM AWAY FROM THE POWER LINE. HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL BACK, ELECTROCUTED. THE CRANE OPERATOR SAID THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SHOCK, RIGGING, CRANE BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, CRANE LIFTING BEAM, E C, BOOM, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	657544	Fatality	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
2	657528	Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported
3	657536			Occupation Not Listed

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