OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342927
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE
BELLE GLADE, FL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TRUCK LOAD
Investigation abstract
A TRACTOR DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTING A HARVESTER/LOADER ON A LOWBOY TRAILER. HE WAS O THE MEDICAL REPORT, THE DRIVER DIED OF ELECTROCUTION AND DROWNING. TRAVELLING ON A FARM ROAD. A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE RAN ALONGSIDE THE FA RM ROAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRAILER. A CANAL RAN NEXT TO THE ROAD ON TH E OTHER SIDE. THE FARM ROADWAY WAS 14 FEET ACROSS, AND THE HARVESTER/LOADER ON T HE TRAILER WAS 26 FEET ACROSS WHERE IT EXTENDED UP AND OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE O F THE TRAILER. AS THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON THE ROAD, THE CHUTE ON THE HARVES TER/LOADER CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. THE DRIVER, WHO DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR VIE W OF THE CHUTE OR THE OVERHEAD LINE, EXITED THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. AS A RESULT OF THE SHOCK, HE FELL INTO THE CANAL. ACCORDING T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8870
- Task assigned
- 1
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