OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14353023
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,LOG,ELECTROCUTED,E GI IA,LOG TRUCK,LOGGING
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A PULPWOOD LOGGER HAD FELLED A PINE TREE ACROSS A 7620-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. A LOG TRUCK DRIVER AT THE SITE TRIED TO DRIVE HIS TRUCK UNDER THE LINE, AND ONE OF THE LOGS ON THE TRUCK CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE. A CHAIN SAW OPERATOR YELL ED TO THE TRUCK DRIVER TO TELL HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE OVER HEAD LINE. THE TRUCK DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CRAWLED BENEATH IT, APPAREN TLY TO CHECK FOR A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ELECTROCUTED WHE N HE TOUCHED THE REAR AXLE OF THE TRUCK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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