OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300487
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,WIRE ROPE,E GI IA,HARVESTER,ELECTRIC SHOCK
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU WIRE ROPE
Investigation abstract
Four pineapple pickers were working near an old military truck that had been con verted into a pineapple harvester. The harvester's main lifting cable contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line located 6.6 meters (21.5 feet) above the pineapp le field. The four employees received electric shocks.
Victims (4)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 15 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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