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5900 CENTERVILLE RD., WHITE BEAR, MN 55110
Standard 19100180 I01 I
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
A MECHANIC WAS ACTING AS A RIGGER AND SIGNALER FOR THE UNLOADING OF 32-METER-LON G CONCRETE PUMP BOOM SECTIONS FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE SECTIONS WERE BEING LI FTED BY A 15-TON HYDRAULIC CRANE. THE MECHANIC WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND GUIDIN G THE LOAD WHEN THE CRANE BOOM EITHER CONTACTED OR CAME TOO CLOSE TO AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE MECHANIC WAS ELECTROCUTED.
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