OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198360
DELIVERY WORK,BOOM TRUCK,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,BOOM,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING CHICKEN FEED TO A POULTRY FARM AT NIGHT. HE WAS DRIVI ET, MISTY NIGHT, AND THERE WAS NO OUTSIDE LIGHTING. THE EMPLOYEE DID HAVE A FLAS HLIGHT IN THE TRUCK, AND THERE WERE TWO BACK-UP LIGHTS ON THE TRAILER AND ONE LI GHT AT THE BASE OF THE BOOM. IT WAS THE EMPLOYEE'S FIRST TIME AT THIS FARM, SO H E WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT AT THE SITE. NG A TRACTOR WITH A BULK-TANK-TYPE TRAILER. THE TRAILER HAD A 10-INCH-DIAMETER, 28-FOOT-LONG NONTELESCOPING BOOM. THE BOOM IS NORMALLY PLACED AT THE TOP OF A ST ORAGE BIN TO FILL THE BIN WITH FEED. THE EMPLOYEE BACKED THE TRAILER TOWARD THE STORAGE BIN THAT WAS TO BE FILLED AND WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE TRAILER TO OPERA TE THE CONTROLS FOR THE BOOM. HE RAISED THE BOOM OUT OF ITS CRADLES AND STARTED TO MANUEVER THE BOOM TOWARD THE BIN. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, THE END OF THE BOOM C ONTACTED A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT WAS 25.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. TH E WORKER HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A BULK DELIVERY DRIVER FOR ONLY 4 DAYS. IT WAS A W
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 14
- Task assigned
- 1
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