OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234496
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,DUMP TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK BED
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS FRUEHAUF DUMP TRUCK (TYPE DCX) UNDER OVERHEAD POWER LINES TO DUMP A LOAD OF SAND. THE 7620-VOLT (PHASE-TO-GROUND) OVERHEAD LINE DISTRIBUT ED POWER TO A PORTABLE ASPHALT PLANT. AFTER RAISING THE 36-FOOT ALUMINUM BED, HE PULLED FORWARD TO ALLOW ALL THE SAND TO FALL OUT OF THE BED. HE PULLED FORWARD AGAIN TO GET THE TRUCK OUT OF THE SAND PILE. THE EMPLOYEE ACTIVATED THE CONTROL TO LOWER THE BED AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, APPARENTLY TO CLEAN THE REAR OF THE T RAILER AND TO CLOSE THE END GATE. AS THE BED DESCENDED, IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEA D LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND LYING NEXT TO THE TRUCK. HE HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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