OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394530
JAMES CORPORATION OF OPELOUSAS, INC.
KROTZ SPRINGS, LA·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
An asphalt paving crew was working on a highway. A large semi-trailer truck had 5 feet) above the roadway. One of the two employees, who was standing on right s ide of the trailer, touching the trailer with a shovel, was electrocuted. The ot her employee, who was on left side of the trailer and was also touching the trai ler with a shovel, received an electric shock. He was hospitalized for his injur y. just dumped its load of asphalt in a spreader machine. The operator of the sprea der machine signaled the truck driver to pull ahead or away from the front of th e spreader. The truck moved about 3 meters (10 feet) away from the spreader. Two of the employees on the paving crew then moved to the back of the trailer to us e hand shovels to remove loose asphalt from trailer apron. The spreader operator then signaled the truck driver to raise the trailer once more, to loosen the re maining asphalt. The right front of the raised trailer contacted a 16-kilovolt o verhead power line that crossed the highway. The power line was 7.5 meters (24.7
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 54 Female
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 Male
- Nature of injury
- Electric Shock (10)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- ELEC APPARAT/WIRING (15)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.