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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348049

OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GUY,TRAILER,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,GUY,TRAILER,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14348049
Report ID
418300

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU GUY

Investigation abstract

An employee was closing the left rear door on the trailer of a tractor-trailer r ig he had been driving. The door contacted a guy for a utility pole. The guy con tacted a 7200-volt (phase-to-ground) overhead power line, and the employee was e lectrocuted.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    10
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    7
    Source
    15
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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