Safety Alert
Overhead Power-Line Contact
Overhead Power-Line Contact
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 01-38
- Electrical Safety
- Electric shockElectrical safety
- Lifting operations
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Summary
A D6C side-boom loading nine pipe lengths onto a crew cab deck was involved in contact with an energised 25,000-volt overhead line. Two labourers suffered electrical shock and were assessed at hospital before release. Work stopped, and the electricity company, operator and contractor management were notified.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
IADC Alert 01-38. Themes: electrical safety.