OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347520
DIVERSIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES
ALEXANDER CITY, AL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TRAILER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED HIS DUMP TRAILER TRUCK ON A ROAD WITHIN THE PLANT GROUNDS . HE RAISED THE DUMP TRAILER TO CLEAN IT OF WATER AND DEBRIS FROM THE PREVIOUS N IGHT. HE WAS READYING THE TRAILER FOR A LOAD OF ASPHALT MIX. HE HAD PARKED THE T RAILER DIRECTLY UNDER A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED JU ST 4 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE OVERHEAD LINE WAS 27 FEET, 8 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. HE HAD RAISED THE TRAILER INTO THE OVERHEAD LINE, AND THEN HE APPARENTLY TRIED TO LOWER IT AGAIN WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND. AS HE TOUCHED THE HOIST CONTROL, WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE TRUCK CAB, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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