OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340301
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,SCREW CONVEYOR,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CHICKEN FEED INTO A FEED BIN AT A CHICKEN FARM. HE WAS UNLOADING THE FEED FROM A TANK TRUCK WITH A 24-FOOT AUGER CONVEYOR (SCREW CONVE YOR). THE EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED THE TRUCK ON A GRASSY SLOPE NEAR A 7200-VOLT OVERH EAD POWER LINE THAT WAS 23 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING ON DAMP GROUND, WAS OPERATING THE CONTROLS FOR THE SCREW CONVEYOR FROM THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. HE SWUNG THE CONVEYOR TOWARD THE FEED BIN, AND IT CONTACTED THE P OWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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