OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342166
YAHL BROTHERS DISPOSAL
NAPLES, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CRANE BOOM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FLAT-BED TRUCK WITH A BOOM TO EXCHANGE A RUSTED-OUT TRAS D VEHICLE BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DAMAGE FROM THE DUMPSTER. THE SKY WAS OVERCAST, WH ICH MADE JUDGING DISTANCES DIFFICULT, AS THE WIRES BLENDED IN WITH THE GRAY SKY. H DUMPSTER WITH A RECONDITIONED ONE. THE TRUCK WAS A 1975 FORD (MODEL F8000; SER IAL NO. R80DUX50186) EQUIPPED WITH A 1973 SIDE-O-MATIC TITAN SERIES HL BOOM HOIS T MOUNTED ON THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON DRY GROUND OPER ATING THE BOOM WITH A CABLE-CONNECTED REMOTE CONTROL. THE BOTTOM OF THE BOOM CON TACTED A 7600-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTROCUTING THE EMPLOYEE. HE COULD HAV E MOVED THE LOAD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, STAYING CLEAR OF THE POWER LINES; HO WEVER, THE LOAD WOULD HAVE PASSED OVER A BOAT AND A VEHICLE WHICH WERE STORED BY THE DUMPSTER. HE PROBABLY DECIDED NOT TO LIFT THE OLD DUMPSTER OVER THE BOAT AN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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