OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352793
KIKER CORPORATION
MOBILE, AL·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A LADDER PLATFORM HOIST (A FORM OF CONVEYOR) FROM TH E EAVES OF A FLAT ROOF BUILDING. THEY LIFTED THE CONVEYOR AWAY FROM THE BUILDING , AND A GUST OF WIND CARRIED THE CONVEYOR INTO A 13.2-KILOVOLT (PHASE-TO-GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ELECTROCUTED, AND THE OTHER WAS S EVERELY INJURED (THE OSHA 170 REPORT DID NOT STATE HOW). THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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