Crane Operator

June 22, 1989 at 8:00 AM

TEXANA AGGREGATES CO. · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Southwest Sand & Gravel-Joint Venture (Oklahoma Rock Corp-Charles E Lattimore Jr)

Contractor on site: DBR

Vernon County, LA

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

CRANE OPERATOR WAS MOVING CRANE BOOM. HIT POWER LINE. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO ONLY CUT STEEL FROM STRUCTURE AND NOT TO GET ON CRANE AS IT WAS NOT HIS ASSIGNED MACHINE. NOT KNOWN WHY HE DID MOVE C RANE BOOM.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location: DREDGE
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219891840137 · Mine ID 1600999 Trainer view →