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7068 MORRIS THOMAS ROAD, SAGINAW, MN 55779
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260020 B01
Standard 19260550 A15 I
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
AN EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CONCRETE BLOCKS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. HE WAS OPERATI NG THE BOOM ON HIS TRUCK BY MEANS OF A REMOTE CONTROL WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON T HE GROUND. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED NEAR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE, WHICH WAS LOCATED 1 8.75 FEET AWAY (CENTERLINE TO CENTERLINE). THE TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN OHIO C RANE WITH A 22-FOOT-LONG BOOM. THE EMPLOYEE ROTATED AND RAISED THE BOOM UNTIL IT WAS 12.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THEN HE LOWERED IT INTO THE POWER LINE. THE EMP LOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
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