OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394530
OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,E C,DUMP TRUCK,ELECTRIC SHOCK,DUMP TRUCK BED
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 F
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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