ACC Limited Chanda Expansion Project

A person died
On 30th June 2009 at approximately 17:45hrs, an employee of a third party service provider was fatally injured when he was electrocuted during a lifting operation. The incident occurred when the deceased was assisting with the unloading of the casing to the kiln feed bucket elevator at the plant storage yard. The casing was unloaded from a truck and transferred to its storage area by a non slewing mobile crane. As the crane approached the storage area, the raised boom of the crane contacted an overhead 11kV power line. This contact with the power line caused the current to go to ground through the crane boom, its load and then through the deceased who was guiding the load into position.

Incident scene Lay down yard Point A Position of the victim Point B 11 kV power line Point C Location of the crane during the Lift

Key Safety Measures:

If applicable, please consider the following aspects: Lay down and stock yards need to be located away from overhead power lines and structures. Where this is not practical then safety measures must be applied such as installing barrier nets under lines, signage and line markers which highlight the potential danger and the safe distance required during a lift. Prior to the commencement of lifting operations a task analysis must be performed to identify the potential hazards and the safety measures to be applied. This includes the safety precautions for identifying hazards associated with the work environment such as over head power lines. To obtain the full range of considerations in relation to this hazard please refer to Fatality Prevention Elements on Electrical Safety and Lifting and Supporting Loads.