OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14328371
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 WAS USING A DUMP TRUCK TO MOVE WASTE MATERIAL TO A DUMP SITE. HE PAR KED THE TRUCK UNDER A 13.8-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK . HE THEN RAISED THE DUMP BODY, AND IT CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 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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